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Title: Do Perceptions of Unsafe Schools and Bullying Hinder the Effects of Family and School Social Capital in Deterring Violence?
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1. Bixby Radu, Monica
Do Perceptions of Unsafe Schools and Bullying Hinder the Effects of Family and School Social Capital in Deterring Violence?
Presented: Philadelphia PA, American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting, November 2017
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Society of Criminology
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Bullying/Victimization; Family Influences; School Characteristics/Rating/Safety; Social Capital

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Studies suggest that the bonds between youths and their families and youths and their schools help deter problem behaviors. However, less is known regarding how students' perceptions of their schools' environments and experiences with their peers may affect these relationships. Therefore, I merge insights from family and criminological research to test how youths' perceptions of schools' safety and experiences with bullying affect the relationship between family and school social capital and violence perpetration in early adulthood. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1997), I find that students' perceptions of schools as safe help deter violence. I also find that individuals who report being bullied are more likely to engage in subsequent violence. Additionally, while my additive models show that both family and school social capital are important deterrents of violence, the interaction effect between school social capital and perception of school safety suggest a complex relationship between individuals' perceptions of their schools and school resources. I find that school social capital does little to prevent violence when individuals perceive their schools as unsafe. This suggests that school resources in the form of social capital are not enough to deter violence, particularly when individuals reported feeling the least safe at school.
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Bixby Radu, Monica. "Do Perceptions of Unsafe Schools and Bullying Hinder the Effects of Family and School Social Capital in Deterring Violence?" Presented: Philadelphia PA, American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting, November 2017.