TY - JOUR
T1 - Balancing risk and professional identity, secondary school teachers’ narratives of violence
AU - Martin, Denise
AU - Mackenzie, Nicola
AU - Healey, Jane
N1 - © 2012 SAGE Publications
PY - 2012/8/31
Y1 - 2012/8/31
N2 - Violence against teachers is seen as a growing problem by both professional bodies and the media. However, this account fails to acknowledge differing views about what actually constitutes violence and how those that experience violence comprehend it. Drawing on literature on workplace violence and fear of crime, this article seeks to identify how we can begin to understand better violence against teachers. Furthermore, by examining secondary school teachers’ own narratives in depth, it is identified that a number of factors influence the meanings that they attach to their own experiences of workplace violence. This includes their professional identity, feelings about their pupils and their role as a teacher, their own sense of vulnerability, levels of experience and general feelings about schools and young people today.
AB - Violence against teachers is seen as a growing problem by both professional bodies and the media. However, this account fails to acknowledge differing views about what actually constitutes violence and how those that experience violence comprehend it. Drawing on literature on workplace violence and fear of crime, this article seeks to identify how we can begin to understand better violence against teachers. Furthermore, by examining secondary school teachers’ own narratives in depth, it is identified that a number of factors influence the meanings that they attach to their own experiences of workplace violence. This includes their professional identity, feelings about their pupils and their role as a teacher, their own sense of vulnerability, levels of experience and general feelings about schools and young people today.
U2 - 10.1177/1748895812454859
DO - 10.1177/1748895812454859
M3 - Article
SN - 1748-8958
JO - Criminology & Criminal Justice
JF - Criminology & Criminal Justice
ER -