Bullying School Violence and Climate in Evolving Contexts

Since 2005 bullying school violence and school safety literatures have expanded dramatically in content disciplines and empirical studies. However despite this massive expansion of research there has also been a surprising lack of theoretical and empirical direction to guide efforts on how to advance basic science and practical applications of this growing scientific area of interest. <em>Bullying School Violence and Climate in Evolving Contexts</em> outlines a novel unifying model that brings together previously distinct literatures on a wide range of issues (e.g. the structure of school violence and bullying similarities and differences across cultural groups weapons in schools student suicidal ideation and behaviors teacher-student and student-teacher victimization sexual harassment cyberbullying school climate etc.). Drawing from numerous large-scale research studies from around the globe the authors examine the theoretical foundations of school safety and bullying and propose a series of groundbreaking new theoretical and practice proposals. This is a perfect book for doctoral candidates young academics hoping to forge into new areas of bullying research and seasoned scholars who delve into the conceptual areas of school violence and bullying.<br>