New Research on the Predictors of School Crime

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This panel will feature new research findings on the individual-level and contextual predictors of school crime and school violence. The papers will address the role of parental incarceration in predicting school versus community arrest, the within- and cross-domain effects of school and community factors on school and community violence, and the uniqueness of the predictors of school shootings versus community shootings.

Sub Unit

• Area II. Perspectives on Crime / 2. Developmental and Life Course Perspectives

Individual Presentations

• Parental Incarceration and School Arrest - Szilvia Biro, Florida State University

• Comparing Predictors of School Violence and Community Violence: A Multilevel Analysis - Jhon Pupo, Florida State University; Sonja Siennick, Florida State University; Jillian Turanovic, University of Colorado Boulder

• Is School Gun Violence Unique? A Multilevel Comparison of School Shootings and Youth-Perpetrated Street Gun Violence - Kyle G. Knapp, Florida State University; Emma Fridel, Florida State University

Discussant

• Jillian Turanovic, University of Colorado Boulder

Organized by a Division or external group?

Organized by the Division of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology.