Location, location, location: How does the small urban setting challenge readiness and its solutions to school safety?

• In Event: Contexts that Contribute to the Root Causes and Prevention of Violence in Rural and Urban Places

Abstract

This presentation will review results from a mixed-methods seven-year longitudinal study of school and community safety in a small urban setting, examining four research questions: 1) How does the ecology of risk and protective factors within schools or communities influence the educational and safety outcomes of students? 2) Is school, individual, or community readiness to mitigate risk factors for school or community violence associated with improved educational and safety outcomes? 3) What are the core components of school, individual, and community readiness to mitigate risk factors for school or community violence? 4) How do the associations between school, individual, and community readiness, along with school and community safety, and student outcomes vary over time? Implications for school and community safety practice in other small urban settings will be discussed.

Authors

• Anthony Peguero, Arizona State University

• Patricia Campie, American Institutes for Research

• Jonathan Scaccia, Dawn Chorus Group