School violence /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Greenhaven Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | Contemporary issues companion.
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. The nature of school violence
- 1. Examining school shooting incidents / U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Department of Education
- 2. Bullies in the schoolyard / Sue Smith-Heavenrich
- 3. School mobbing and emotional abuse / Gail Pursell Elliott
- 4. Myths about school violence / Robert C. DiGiulio
- ch. 2. The causes of school violence
- 1. Risk factors for violent student behavior / Kimberly M. Williams
- 2. Easy access to guns contributes to school violence / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 3. Are children with special needs more likely to commit school violence? / Denise (Smith) Skarbek
- 4. Adolescent masculinity, homophobia, and violence / Michael S. Kimmel, Matthew Mahler
- ch. 3. School violence : personal narratives
- 1. Paying the price : school shooters speak out from prison / Timothy Roche, Amanda Bower
- 2. I should have spoken up / Josh Stevens, as told to Stephanie Booth
- 3. School bullies drove my son to suicide / Gabi Clayton
- 4. Confessions of a violent movie writer / William Mastrosimone
- 5. Isolation hurts : the perspective of a teen-novel writer / Chris Crutcher
- ch. 4. Preventing school violence
- 1. Conflict resolution and peer mediation / Stephen W. Smith, Ann P. Daunic
- 2. The whole school approach to violence prevention / Joan N. Burstyn, Rebecca Stevens
- 3. Preventing school violence aimed at gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth / Mark Pope
- 4. Helping children who have violent tendencies / Anne G. Garrett
- 5. Measures to prevent the rejection of students by their peers / Karen F. Osterman
- 6. Stopping student fights : an action plan for teachers / Lynette Fields
- 7. The problem with the expansion of police power in schools / Randall R. Beger.