Crimes against teachers

Many Teachers are Victimized by Students and the School’s Response Matters for Their Well-Being

Date Published

November 7, 2024

Research shows that a substantial proportion of teachers experience victimization from their students & are often dissatisfied by the school’s response. Teachers tended to be more satisfied with that response if the environment fosters procedural justice.

The relationship between teacher stress and job satisfaction as moderated by coping

NCJ Number

308061

Journal

Psychology in the Schools

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Single-Item Principal Stress and Coping Measures: Concurrent and Predictive Validity and Comparisons to Teacher Measures

NCJ Number

308055

Journal

School Psychology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Violence and aggression toward teachers among 50 largest school districts: A longitudinal examination of risk factors, negative consequences, and school responses

15PNIJ-23-GG-02606-STOP

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$697,718

Using a Group-Based Trajectory Approach to Assess Theoretical Predictors of Teacher Victimization

NCJ Number

307481

Journal

Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

Date Published

2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Teacher Victimization Patterns Establishing a Group-Based Trajectory Approach to Assessing Predictors of Connectedness to School, Job Satisfaction, and Depression

NCJ Number

307480

Journal

Victims and Offenders

Date Published

2023

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Teacher Victimization: Understanding Prevalence, Causation, and Negative Consequences

NCJ Number

306557

Date Published

December 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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A Longitudinal Study of Teacher Victimization at Schools: Prevalence, Predictors, and Negative Consequence

NCJ Number

306556

Date Published

January 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Student Threats of Violence Against Teachers: Prevalence and Outcomes Using a Threat Assessment Approach

NCJ Number

254713

Journal

Teaching and Teacher Education

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Aggression Against Middle and High School Teachers: Duration of Victimization and Its Negative Impacts

NCJ Number

253953

Journal

Aggressive Behavior

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Teacher Victimization, Turnover, and Contextual Factors Promoting Resilience

NCJ Number

254753

Journal

Journal of School Violence

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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An exploratory study of violence and aggression against teachers in middle and high schools: Prevalence, predictors, and negative consequences

NCJ Number

254742

Journal

Journal of School Violence

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research)

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Student Violence Directed Against Teachers: Victimized Teachers' Reports to School Officials and Satisfaction With School Responses

NCJ Number

254743

Journal

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Teacher Victimization and Turnover: Focusing on Different Types and Multiple Victimization

NCJ Number

302872

Journal

Journal of School Violence

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Violence against Teachers in the 50 Largest U.S. School Districts: Predictors, Consequences, and School Responses

2020-CK-BX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$579,041

Keeping an Eye on School Security: The Iris Recognition Project in New Jersey Schools

NCJ Number

214114

Journal

Date Published

July 2006

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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