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. 1995 Winter;28(4):467–478. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1995.28-467

Preventing antisocial behavior in the schools

G Roy Mayer 1
PMCID: PMC1279853  PMID: 16795877

Abstract

Multiple correlates and determinants of antisocial behavior within the home, community, and school are reviewed. Due to the school's pivotal role in our society, an emphasis is placed on how our schools contribute to antisocial behavior, and what educators can do to prevent anti-social behavior and related attendance problems. A variety of contextual factors and setting events within our schools appear to be major contributors to antisocial behavior, and some of the same factors identified within the schools also have been identified within the home. These setting events, rather than quick restrictive fixes, must be given more attention if we are to provide safe school environments—environments that durably prevent antisocial behavior and related attendance problems.

Keywords: school environment, violence prevention, setting events, antisocial behavior, school dropout prevention

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