Schools, Violence, and Society

by Allan M. Hoffman

• ISBN13: 9780275949785
• ISBN10: 0275949788
• Format: Bound Book
• Copyright: 1996-05-30
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

This book is designed to examine issues related to schools, violence, and society. Since the 1960s, crime and violence have been increasing in America's schools. This violence is not limited to inner-city schools, but has struck virtually every strata and socio-economic level of American culture and society. The prevalence of crime and violence occurring in our nation's schools has become the concern of policymakers on the national and state levels. Concern has spread to parents, educators, and students themselves. This edited volume reviews violence in society, school violence, and crime. Coverage includes past trends in school violence and describes the current extent of the problem, as well as tspects of its causes and prevention. The influence on the students and community of gang activity, gang-related issues, drugs, alcohol, and weapons on campus is discussed.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
PART I The Problem of School Violence
Violence in the Classroom: A Teacher's Perspective	3	(18)
Mary Hatwood Futrell
Weapon-Carrying in Schools	21	(12)
Jennifer C. Friday
The Anatomy of Gangs	33	(12)
Allan M. Hoffman
Randal W. Summers
Gangs and School Safety	45	(16)
Kenneth S. Trump
PART II The Causes of School Violence
Media and Television Violence: Effects on Violence, Aggression, and Antisocial Behaviors in Children	61	(18)
Daniel John Derksen
Victor C. Strasburger
The Influence of Child Abuse and Family Violence on Violence in the Schools	79	(22)
Jeffrey J. Haugaard
Margaret M. Feerick
PART III School Security and Related Legal Issues
Critical Decisions, Critical Elements in an Effective School Security Program	101	(22)
S. D. Vestermark, Jr.
Legal and Policy Issues of School Violence	123	(12)
Ivan B. Gluckman
PART IV Toward a Less Violent School Environment
Safe Schools for All	135	(18)
Gwendolyn J. Cooke
Communities, Schools, and Violence	153	(10)
Deborah Prothrow-Stith
Sher Quaday
From Fight or Flight to Collaboration: A Framework for Understanding Individual and Institutional Development in the School	163	(22)
Steven Brion-Meisels
Robert L. Selman
Learning to Care and to Be Cared For	185	(14)
Nel Noddings
Victims of Violence: Helping Kids Cope	199	(26)
Melba F. Coleman
PART V Some Specific Approaches
NEA's Perspective and Policies on Violence in Schools	225	(16)
Keith Geiger
Waging Peace in Our Schools: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program	241	(12)
Linda Lantieri
William DeJong
Janet Dutrey
Strategies to Reduce School Violence: The New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution	253	(12)
Melinda Smith
The New York City Board of Education and Violence Prevention	265	(10)
Ramon C. Cortines
The Virginia Model: School to Community Intervention Techniques to Prevent Violence	275	(22)
Yvonne V. Thayer
Violence in Schools: The Texas Initiative	297	(24)
Christie Bourgeois
Ann W. Richards
PART VI A Community-Based Approach
Community Safety Zones: A Plan to Curb Urban Violence	321	(12)
William Glasser
Selected Bibliography	333	(6)
Name Index	339	(4)
Subject Index	343	(8)
About the Contributors	351