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Item Schizophrenia and Violence(2019) Maxwell, Rachel; PsychologyThe idea of schizophrenics being innately violent is an extremely controversial topic that has been widely researched. Stigmas can stem from lack of understanding of mental illness therefore the only way to obtain an accurate view a mental illness is to refer to the facts and critical studies. Schizophrenia is shown in a dark light to the public and it is important to distinguish any potential relationship there may or may not be between schizophrenics and violence. Most of the violence can be attributed to various factors such as childhood upbringing, conductive disorder, substance abuse, noncompliance to medicine, maltreatment of care takers, lack of support, etc. All of the factors come in to play differently in severity levels. Observing and educating oneself to know the proper measures to take will help someone suffering from schizophrenia.Item Students’ Feelings of Safety, Exposure to Violence and Victimization, and Authoritative School Climate(Springer US, 2017-08-09) Fisher, Benjamin W.; Viano, Samantha; Curran, F. Chris; Pearman, F. Alvin; Gardella, Joseph H.Although many students feel unsafe at school, few malleable factors have been identified to increase students’ feelings of safety. Drawing on criminological behavior control theories, this study posits authoritative school climate as one such factor. With data from two nationally representative datasets, this study uses path analysis to examine the relationship between authoritative school climate and feelings of safety, as well as the extent to which this relation is explained by exposure to violence and victimization. Across both datasets, a more authoritative school climate was associated with increased feelings of safety at school. Both models also indicated that this relationship was explained in part by reduced exposure to violence and victimization, although the strength of this indirect effect varied across models. These findings suggest that strengthening students’ relationships with adults and increasing the fairness and consistency of rules in the school may both reduce exposure to violence and victimization and help students feel safer at school.