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Results for teen dating violence (texas)
1 results foundAuthor: Bouffard, Leana A. Title: Texas School Districts' Implementation of Teen Dating Violence Legislation Summary: In March of 2003, 15‐year old Ortralla Mosley was stabbed to death by her ex‐boyfriend in the hallway of her high school in Austin, Texas. This was the irst on‐campus homicide in the state that was linked to dating violence. The intense scrutiny following this incident and the activism of Ortralla’s mother and others highlighted the issue of teen dating violence (TDV), especially with regard to behaviors that occur at school and the response of school administrators. In 2007, Texas became the irst state to pass a law requiring school districts to adopt and implement a dating violence policy (HB 121). According to section 37.0831 of the Texas Education Code, each school district is required to develop and implement a dating violence policy that must: (1) “include a deinition of dating violence that includes the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control another person in a dating relationship” and (2) “address safety planning, enforcement of protective orders, school‐based alternatives to protective orders, training for teachers and administrators, counseling for affected students, and awareness education for students and parents.” In response to this legislation, a number of state and local victim service agencies mobilized to support school districts in their efforts to respond to this new law, producing a model policy, guides to implementation, sample protocols for dealing with incidents, and training and education. Since this law passed ive years ago, however, very little systematic attention has been paid to how school districts have developed and implemented dating violence policies in connection with the legislation. This report presents results from the irst empirical assessment of the extent to which Texas school districts have implemented the legislatively mandated teen dating violence policy. The full study will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal, Criminal Justice Policy Review. Sample The purpose of this study was to examine how Texas school districts have addressed teen dating violence in their policies. There are over 200 school districts located throughout the 20 Education Service Center (ESC) regions in Texas. In his study we included only Independent/Common school districts (i.e., traditional public schools, N = 1,034) with overall student enrollment greater than 25,000. For those regions that did not have districts with 25,000 or more student enrollments, the two districts with the largest student enrollments within that region were selected. In total, 72 Texas public school districts that serve K‐12 students were selected. For each of the selected school districts, publicly available documents (i.e., student/parent handbooks, student codes of conduct) were obtained from the district website. These documents were examined to assess the extent to which (1) districts implemented the TDV policy, (2) consequences are outlined for offending students, (3) rights for victims are presented, and (4) the policies are easily accessible. Details: Huntsville, TX: Crime Victims' Institute, Criminal Justice Center, Sam Houston State University, 2013. 4p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 5, 2013 at: http://dev.cjcenter.org/_files/cvi/TDVforWeb.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://dev.cjcenter.org/_files/cvi/TDVforWeb.pdf Shelf Number: 128280 Keywords: Date RapeIntimate Partner ViolenceTeen Dating Violence (Texas) |