Sabia, Joseph J.; Bass, Brittany - 2015
This study is the first to comprehensively examine the effect of state anti-bullying laws (ABLs) on youth violence … associated with a 7 to 13 percent reduction in school violence and an 8 to 12 percent reduction in bullying. Our results also … data on school shootings - we find that the enforcement of strict, comprehensive school district anti-bullying policies is …