School Violence in Mexico: Exploring its Dimensions and Consequences

Abstract

Schools, like other institutions, are immersed in conflictive environments.
That is why it is not surprising that some forms of social
violence are replicated among its members. However, schools are
not only the recipients, but also producers of violence. This paper
analyzes three dimensions of school violence--violence among peers, institutional violence and violence in social environs—and its effects on: 1) the subjective wellbeing of students and 2) the student’s possible decision to leave school. The analysis was made School Violence in Mexico:
Exploring its Dimensions and Consequences José del Tronco Paganelli
Abby Madrigal Ramírez If school is a sounding board which amplifies what
takes place outside its walls, it makes sense to ask if the forms and levels of social violence are reproduced within schools based on the information from 1398 surveys given to students in the third year of secondary school in ten large cities in different regions of the Mexican Republic at the end of 2012.