ABSTRACT
This chapter talks about the types and extent of victimization at school. It compares and contrasts individual and school-level data on school crime. The chapter explains different responses to victimization at school utilized by students. It highlights different ways in which schools respond to crime problems. The chapter lists potential responses schools can employ to address crisis situations. Crime on college campuses has vaulted to the forefront of social concern as the result of highly publicized shootings on campus. Victimization at school, particularly violent acts, receives a great deal of media attention and raises widespread concerns in society. Typical overt responses to real or perceived victimization at school generally fall into three categories: fear, avoidance, and self-protection. Discussions of explanations and causes for victimization at school involve a number of different perspectives. One explanation that is particularly germane to in-school crime is the routine activities theory.
