Scales for perceived risk of student-on-student victimization in grades 7 through 10: A psychometric analysis of the adolescent index on school safety

Although past research has developed scales for the incidence, prevalence, and fear of student-on-student victimization (SSV), little is known about the scaling of perceived risk (i.e., the cognitive appraisal of the chances of experiencing SSV). Hence, this study examined self-report survey data for the perceived risk of SSV as measured in the Adolescent Index for School Safety (AISS). Children in grades 7 through 10 (n=337) in a single Florida public school completed the AISS. Factor analyses using Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Oblimin Rotation identified nine unique factors for perceived risk. Reliability analyses found standardized Cronbach Alphas that ranged from .64 to .91, and seven out of the nine identified scales were above .80, which suggested good to excellent internal consistency. Future research should examine the content validity, construct validity, and predictive validity for the AISS and other self-report surveys of SSV dynamics. This publication was made possible by a grant [#97-MU-FX-KO12 (S-l)] from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (O.J.J.D.P.), United States Department of Justice (U.S.D.O.J.). This grant is administered through the Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence at George Washington University. This specific study was developed and implemented by staff at: 1) East Carolina University’s Department of Criminal Justice; and 2) Florida State University’s Center for Educational Research and Policy Studies. All points of view and opinions in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of East Carolina University, Florida State University, the Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence, the O.J.J.D.P., or the U.S.D.OJ. The authors would also like to thank Dr. Bill Doerner and Jennifer Jolley for their support, editorial feedback, and insightful comments regarding earlier drafts of this paper.     

Bodenschutzrechtliche Ordnungspflichten im Insolvenzverfahren

Seit längerem ist in Rechtsprechung und Literatur umstritten, ¹ ob und in welchem Umfang ein Insolvenzverwalter wegen Gefahren, die von Massegegenständen ausgehen, ordnungsrechtlich haftet. In zwei aktuellen Urteilen hat das BVerwG eine Zustandsverantwortlichkeit des Insolvenzverwalters grundsätzlich anerkannt. Insbesondere durch Freigabe von Massegegenständen kann sich der Insolvenzverwalter aber von der ordnungsrechtlichen Haftung befreien. 1) Vgl. zu dem Streit zwischen Insolvenz- und Verwaltungsrechtlern, Verwaltungs- und Zivilgerichten: Uhlenbruck KTS 2004, 275ff.; Kothe ZfIR 2004, 1ff.; Häsemeyer in: FS Uhlenbruck, 2000, S. 97ff.; Franz NuR 2000, 496ff.     

马克思自然观及其当代生态意蕴

马克思在完成哲学革命的同时,也创建了"实践的人化自然观".这种崭新的自然观是在批判黑格尔的唯心主义自然观和费尔巴哈的旧唯物主义自然观的基础上,以马克思人与自然关系理论为依托,逐渐形成、发展并日益完善的.探寻和研究马克思的自然观,对我们解决人类今天面临的生态环境问题有着重要的理论和现实意义.     

试论“超越承担过失”

“超越承担过失”是犯罪过失中的一类特殊形态,在注意能力方面有别于一般的过失,在当代社会背景下对其展开研究显得尤为必要。在中国大陆过失犯理论中,对此问题进行研究也是可行和必要的。     

城市外来务工人员犯罪情况的调查报告

城市外来务工人员犯罪案件呈现出八个特点:发案件数与犯罪人数呈逐年递增态势、侵财型犯罪比例居高不下、作案手段暴力化倾向严重、以老乡为纽带的犯罪团伙纠集化趋势明显等等.诱因源于劳资矛盾、盲目攀比、心理歧视感、过客心态等等.应当通过加强教育和管理,提高社会保障待遇,改善民工生存状态等一系列措施,来减少和遏制该类犯罪.     

对建立我国禁毒工作评估体系的设想

为进一步分析、预测和研究禁毒工作形势的发展趋势,正确决策我国的禁毒方针,切实增强各级党政领导抓禁毒工作的责任意识,确保社会安定和人民群众安居乐业,国家禁毒委应建立健全禁毒工作评估的相关制度及评估措施,有步骤地做到阶段性评估与年度评估、专项评估与全面评估、自我评估与专家评估相结合,最终形成动态状况下科学评估禁毒工作的体系。