It depends a bit what you want to find out. If you are interested in the dimension of the issue then you might want to consult statistics of health, police and school authorities, which however often underrepresent the challenge.

If you are interested the causes and dynamics then maybe set up some Focus Group Discussions (e.g. with only female members of a class).

You can check in the publications suggested below also for ideas on methods

Sibylle Artz; Ted Riecken What, so what, then what?: The gender gap in school-based violence and its implications for child and youth care practice Springer-Verlag Child and Youth Care Forum Year:1997 Month:08 Day: Volume:26 Issue:4 First page:291 Last page:303

Anthony A. Peguero; Ann Marie Popp Youth violence at school and the intersection of gender, race, and ethnicity Elsevier Journal of Criminal Justice Year:2012 Month: Day: Volume:40 Issue:1 First page:1 Last page:9

Heather Ann Meyer; Ron Avi Astor; William J Behre Teachers’ reasoning about school violence: The role of gender and location Elsevier Contemporary Educational Psychology Year:2002 Month: Day: Volume:27 Issue:4

Denmark, Florence L.; Krauss, Herbert H.; Wesner, Robert W.; Midlarsky, Elizabeth; Gielen, Uwe P. Violence in Schools || Gender and Ethnicity Issues in School Violence Springer-Verlag book Year:2005 Month: Day: Volume:10.1007/0-387-28811-2 Issue:Chapter 6 First page:85 Last page:99

Sinclair, Jake; Githua, Oscar W.; Omondi, Benjamin; Kapphahn, Cynthia J.; Sinclair, Lee; Mulinge, Munyae M.; Golden, Neville H. The Impact of a Six-week School Curriculum on Boys' Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Kenya Elsevier Journal of Adolescent Health Year:2014 Month:02

Michael J. Furlong,Richard Morrison,Michael Bates… School Violence Victimization Among Secondary Students in California: Grade, Gender, and Racial-Ethnic Group Incidence Patterns Springer-Verlag Contemporary School Psychology Year:1998 Month:01 Day: Volume:3 Issue:1 First page:71 Last page:87

Chen, J.-K.; Avi Astor, R. The Perpetration of School Violence in Taiwan: An Analysis of Gender, Grade Level and School Type Sage Publications School Psychology International Year:2009 Month:12 Day:01 Volume:30 Issue:6 First page:568 Last page:584

Postmus, Judy L.; Hoge, Gretchen L.; Davis, Rebecca; Johnson, Laura; Koechlein, Elizabeth; Winter, Samantha Examining gender based violence and abuse among Liberian school students in four counties: An exploratory study Elsevier Child Abuse & Neglect Year:2015 Month:06 Day: Volume:44 Issue: First page:76 Last page:86

Bisika, Thomas; Ntata, Pierson; Konyani, Sidon Gender-violence and education in Malawi: a study of violence against girls as an obstruction to universal primary school education Informa UK (Taylor & Francis) Journal of Gender Studies Year:2009 Month:09 Day: Volume:18 Issue:3 First page:287 Last page:294

Levine, E. Sexual Violence Among Middle School Students: The Effects of Gender and Dating Experience Sage Publications Journal of Interpersonal Violence Year:2015 Month:06 Day:24

Dear Professor Weber. Thanks for your Guidance. I will check all the articles referred by you. The population I am planning to study are the adolescent male who are attending high school.

Gender-Based Violence in High School

Please let me know if these references/sites are helpful to you:

1. Gender and violence in schools; Background paper for the ... unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001467/146763e.pdf

2. Gender and Violence in Schools A. The Manifestation of Gender-based Violence in Schools 1. Introduction This analytical review will consider the evidence of gender ... Authors: Mairead Dunne · Sara Humphreys · Fiona Leach Affiliation: University of Sussex[PDF]violence in schools - UNICEF

https://www.unicef.org/violencestudy/pdf/Taking Action main pages.pdf and high-quality work. 5 ... addressing gender-based violence in and around schools. It is important to note that a large section of the study is devoted to ...

3. Gender-Based Violence and Education

www.sida.se/.../genderbased-violence-and-education.pdf

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND EDUCATION / MARCH 2015 1 ... through high-quality, gender sensitive education. ... Save the Children’s Violence Free Schools[PDF]Gender-based violence and development: knowledge and ...

sds.ukzn.ac.za/files/RR81 (Bjastad).pdf

Gender-based Violence and Development: Knowledge and Attitudes ... gender-based violence in schools, ... high levels of gender-based violence.

Dennis

Dennis Mazur

Dear Professor Mazur. Thanks for your sharing. It is very useful.

Regards

Johnson

Hi

I agree with Eberhard, it depends to some extent, on what you want to find out.

I have always believed that qualitative and quantitative approaches should be used in combination, where possible. It strengthens the outcomes and arguments. But, a mixed-method approach is epistemologically pragmatic rather than purist and so you will need to make the argument to justify this research approach, probably in chapter three of your study.

Yes, Focus Group Discussions (e.g. with only female members of a population) BUT people may not be happy disclosing information in such an open session so consider individual interviews too.

Most importantly, what do mean by "gender based"? I have heard a lot about man-on-woman violence and also woman-on-man. BUT what about man-on-man because of gender and woman-on-woman gender based violence. That certainly happens too.

There is the recent phenomenon of gender identity in research, and violence in the homosexual community.

You need to come up with a more precise term that "gender based" to put limits on your study, unless you want to spend several lifetimes researching this.

Best wishes with you research…

Alan

Thanks Prof White for your guidance. My samples will be male adolescent Secondary School Children.

regards

Johnson