Monitoring School Violence

(archived collaboratory)

Publications and Related Research

Click on highlighted articles to view summaries.

For GPY

Chapters in Books

• Astor, R.A., Pitner, R., Benbenishty, R. & Meyer, H.A., (2002, April). Public Concern and Focus on School Violence. In L.A., Rapp-Paglicci, A. Roberts, J. Wodarski (Eds.) Handbook of Violence. Wiley & Sons.
• Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, Pitner, R. & Zeira, A. (2004). Bullying and Peer Victimization in Schools. In P.A. Meares and M.W. Fraser (Eds.) Intervention with Children & Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Allyn & Bacon.

Public Presentations, Colloquia, and Conferences

• American Educational Research Association 2001
• American Psychiatric Association Convention 2000
• American Psychological Association 2000
• School Violence Conferences (Columbia University and University of California, Berkeley) 2001
• Israeli Regional Superintendents Meetings
• Israeli Law Enforcement Organizations Main Meeting (Metzila)
• Israeli School Mental Health Meetings
• Arad's Mayor's Office Presentations
• Ashkelon Mayor's Office Presentations
• Tel Aviv Mayor's Office Presentations
• Beer Sheva Mayor's Office Presentations
• Youth Prevention Project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Hertzleia Mayor's Office Presentations
• Jerusalem Mayor's Office Presentation

Public policy statements & briefings

• Three briefings to two cabinet ministers of education 2000/2001
• Briefing to the superintendent of Israeli schools (three times)
• Briefing to government liaison for School violence
• Briefing to National Mental Health Coordinator
• Five briefings to the Ministry of Education, Chief scientists office
• Briefing to Israeli Youth Division Law Enforcement Agencies

Newspapers and Electronic Media

• Rueter, Anne. (April 25, 1999). Speaking out on school violence. Ann Arbor News, Connection, -B2.
• Maariv 2 articles
• Jerusalem Post 3 articles
• Israel Radio: (Three talk show/ news discussions, one with the superintendent of all Israeli schools, one with the Minster of Education)
• Israel TV: Israel's main TV news show
• Yidiot Haachronot 2 articles
• Haaretz 3 articles

Peer Reviewed Journals

• Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Haj-Yahia, M., Marachi, R., Pitner, R.O. Zeira, A. & Perkins, S (in press). Peer groups, ethnicity, and gender as predictors of personal victimization for middle school students. Journal of School Violence
• Perkins, S. & Pitner, R.O. (2002). The awareness of risky peer group behaviors on school grounds as predictors of students' victimization on school grounds: Part I Elementary schools. Journal of School Violence, 1 (1), 11-34.
• Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Haj-Yahia, M., Zeira, A., Perkins-Hart, S, Marachi, R., & Pitner, R.O. (2003). The awareness of risky peer group behaviors on school grounds as predictors of students' victimization on school grounds: Part II - Junior high schools. Journal of School Violence, 1(3), 57-76.
• Benbenishty, R., Zeira, A. & Astor, R.A. (2002). Children reports of emotional, physical and sexual maltreatment by educational staff in Israel. Child Abuse and Neglect, 26(8), 763-782.
• Meyer, H.A, Astor, R.A., & Behre, W.J. (2002) Teachers' reasoning about school violence: The role of gender and location. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 27(4), 499-528.
• Zeira, A., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R.A. (in press). Preliminary results of a national survey on school violence in Israel: Student findings. Social Work.
• Zeira, A., Astor, R., & Benbenishty, R. (2002). Sexual harassment in Jewish and Arab public schools in Israel. Child Abuse & Neglect, 26(2), 149-166.
• Astor, R.A., Meyer, H.A., & Behre, W.J. (2004) Teachers reasoning about school fights: An expanded cognitive developmental domain approach. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 9(1), 45-74.

back to top

Related Research

Peer Reviewed Journals

• Astor, R.A., Benbenishty, R., Vinokur, A., & Zeira, A. (2004). High school students' assessments of fear and violence as a problem: A structural equation model. Health Education and Behavior, 29(6), 716-736.
• Benbenishty, R., Astor, R.A., & Zeira, A. (in press). Monitoring school violence at the site level: Linking, national, district and school-level data. Journal of Technology in Human Services.
• Benbenishty, R., Astor, R.A., & Zeira, A. (under review). Monitoring school violence at the site level: Linking, national, district and school-level data. Social Service Review
• Benbenishty, R., Astor, R.A., & Zeira, A. (2003). Monitoring school violence at the site level: Linking, national, district and school-level data. Journal of School Violence, 2(2), 29-50.
• Benbenishty, R., Astor, R.A., Zeira, A. & Vinokur, A., (2002). Perceptions of violence and fear of school attendance among junior high school students in Israel. Social Work Research, 26(2), 71-87.
• Meyer, H.A., & Astor., R.A. (2002). Child and parent perspectives on routes to and from school in high crime neighborhoods. Journal of School Violence, 1(4), 101-128.
• Astor, R.A., Meyer, H.A., & Pitner, R.O., (2001). Elementary and middle school students' perceptions of safety: An examination of violence-prone school sub-contexts. The Elementary School Journal, 101, 511-528.
• Astor, R.A, & Meyer, H.A. (2001). The conceptualization of violence prone school sub-contexts: Are the sum of the parts greater than the whole? Urban Education, 36, 374-399.
• Behre. W.J., & Astor, R.A., & Meyer, H.A. (2001). Elementary and middle school teachers' reasoning about intervening in school violence: An examination of violence-prone school sub-contexts. Journal of Moral Education, 30, 131-153.
• Astor, R.A., Pitner, R.O, Meyer H.A., & Vargas, L.A. (2000). The most violent event at school: A ripple in the pond. Children & Schools, 22, 199-216.
• Astor, R.A., & Meyer, H.(1999). Where girls and women won't go: Female students', teachers', and social workers' views of school safety. Social Work in Education, 21, 201-219.
• Astor, R.A., Meyer, H., & Behre, W.J. (1999). Unowned places and times: Maps and interviews about violence in high schools. American Educational Research Journal, 36, 3-42.
• Astor, R.A., Behre, W.J., Wallace, J., & Fravil, K. (1998). School social workers and school violence: Personal safety, training, and violence programs. Social Work, 43, 223-232.
• Astor, R.A., Behre, W.J., Fravil, K.A., & Wallace, J.M. (1997). Perceptions of school violence as a problem and reports of violent events: A national survey of school social workers. Social Work, 42, 55-68.
• Astor, R.A., Pitner, R., & Duncan, B. (1996). Ecological approaches to mental health consultation with teachers on issues related to youth and school violence. Journal of Negro Education, 65, 336-355.

Chapters in Books

• Zeira, A., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R.A. (in press-English and Hebrew) School violence in Israel. In G. Bar-Or & G. Rosen (Eds). Youth violence, Art, and academic disciplines: A conversation between artists and researchers. Kav-Haadom/ Hertzelia Museum of Art.
• Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R.A. (2003). Cultural specific and cross-cultural bully/ victim patterns. In P.K. Smith, (Ed). Violence in Schools: The Response in Europe. Routledge Falmer.
• Astor, R.A., Vargas, L.A., Pitner, R., & Meyer, H.A. (1999). School violence: Research, theory, & practice. In J.M. Jenson and M.O. Howard (Eds.) Youth Violence: Current Research and Recent Practice Innovations. (pgs. 139-172). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
• Astor, R.A. Meyer, A. & Pitner, R. (1999). Mapping school violence with students teachers and administrators. In L. Davis (Ed.) African American Males: A Practice Guide. (pgs. 129-144). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Astor, R.A. (1998). School violence: A blueprint for elementary school interventions. In E.M. Freeman, C.G. Franklin, R. Fong, G. Shaffer, & E.M. Timberlake (Eds.). Multisystemic Skills and Interventions in School Social Work Practice (281-296). Washington, DC: NASW Press. (Reprint of Astor, 1995).

Government Research Reports

• (Published in Hebrew—Each report is the size of a small book—between 150-200 pages of text, tables, research and analyses)
• Benbenishty, R., Astor, R.A., Zeira, A. (1998, November). A National Study of School Violence in Israel: Fall 1998. Israeli Ministry of Education, Jerusalem, Israel.
• Benbenishty, R., Zeira, A., & Astor, R.A. (1999, November). A National Study of School Violence in Israel Wave II: Fall 1999. Israeli Ministry of Education, Jerusalem, Israel.
• Benbenishty, R., Zeira, A., & Astor, R.A. (2000, January). Principals and Teachers reports of School Violence in Israel Wave II: Fall 1999. Israeli Ministry of Education, Jerusalem, Israel.

back to top

Last updated: 04/28/05

University of Michigan Global Program on Youth, School of Social Work Building, Room 3743
1080 South University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106 ssw.global@umich.edu

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

© 2002 by The Regents of the University of Michigan