School Violence Quiz - In The Know Zone

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Which of the following increased in U.S. schools over the past ten years?

Non-fatal victimization
Fights on school property
Bullying
Weapon-carrying on school property

True or False? In response to the general decline in school violence, students today feel safer in school than they did in the 1990s.

True
False

What factors influenced student perceptions concerning the safety of their schools?

The frequency of school-related shootings
Intensified school security measures
Gangs and drugs in schools
Bullying

True or False? The incidence of violent behavior among girls has increased nearly four times as fast as it has for boys in the past ten years.

True
False

True or False? Most school violence originates in the neighborhoods served by the school, not the school itself.

True
False

True or False? A survey of 15,000 teens found that 75 percent of boys and 60 percent of girls reported that they had hit someone in anger in the preceding 12 months.

True
False

Which of the following reasons contributes to the reality that carrying a weapon on school grounds will NOT make you safer?

You're more likely to be caught with it and expelled or jailed than you are to use it.
You are likely to resort to the weapon when the situation would have been better dealt with through reasoned response
If you back an assailant down with a lesser weapon--a club, for instance--he's likely to have a knife or gun at your next encounter
It is all but certain that using a weapon in any school encounter will constitute a crime that would send you to jail
All of the above.

True or False? It is unwise to confront a bully head-on.

True
False

You've believed from your grade school days that it's wrong to tattle on a fellow student. You see someone being bullied. Should you ignore it rather than break the student code of silence?

Yes. Better to feel a bit guilty about watching someone being attacked unjustly than to break this time-honored taboo.
No. That's childish. Mature people report wrongdoing to the proper authorities. They don't endorse it by their silence.

Which of the following is NOT a sign that someone may be at risk for becoming violent?

He frequently loses his temper
He often is absent from school or cuts classes
He commits serious property damage
He takes a lot of risks
He increases his use of alcohol or drugs.