Effect of Community Involvement Programs on School Violence

Abstract

Concerns about school violence and violent youth are increasing and knowing which programs are effective would be beneficial to schools as well as the community. The author examined the effect of community involvement programs. The total number of violent incidents recorded at schools that participated in the School Survey of Campus Safety (n = 2,724 schools). Of the total number of schools: 726 were primary schools, 956 were middle schools, 954 were high schools, and 88 were combined schools. Data were analyzed for the schools interventions, and three of the eight involvement groups were found to be statistically significant.