Schools, Violence, and Society

by Allan M. Hoffman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275955069
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/23/1996
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.77(d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

ALLAN M. HOFFMAN is Dean, and Professor, College of Health Sciences, Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa. He is also the Director at the Center for the Prevention of Community Violence.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Problem of School Violence
Violence in the Classroom: A Teacher's Perspective by Mary Hatwood Futrell
Weapon-Carrying in Schools by Jennifer C. Friday
The Anatomy of Gangs by Allan M. Hoffman and Randal W. Summers
Gangs and School Safety by Kenneth S. Trump
The Causes of School Violence
Media and Television Violence: Effects on Violence, Aggression, and Antisocial Behaviors in Children by Daniel John Derkson and Victor C. Strasburger
The Influence of Child Abuse and Family Violence on Violence in the Schools by Jeffrey J. Haugaard and Margaret M. Feerick
School Security and Related Legal Issues
Critical Decisions, Critical Elements in an Effective School Security Program by S.D. Vestermark, Jr.
Legal and Policy Issues of School Violence by Ivan B. Gluckman
Toward a Less Violent School Environment
Safe Schools for All by Gwendolyn J. Cooke
Communities, Schools, and Violence by Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Sher Quaday
From Fight or Flight to Collaboration: A Framework for the Understanding Individual and Institutional Development in the School by Steven Brion-Meisels and Robert L. Selman
Learning to Care and to be Cared for by Nel Noddings
Victims of Violence: Helping Kids Cope by Melba F. Coleman
Some Specific Approaches
NEA's Perspective and Policies on Violence in Schools by Keith Geiger
Waging Peace in Our Schools: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program by Linda Lantieri, William DeJong, and Janet Dutrey
Strategies to Reduce School Violence: The New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution by Melinda Smith
The New York City Board of Education and Violence Prevention by Ramon C. Cortines
The Virginia Model: School to Community Intervention Techniques to Prevent Violence by Yvonne V. Thayer
Violence in Schools: The Texas Initiative by Christie Bourgeois with an introduction by former Texas Governor Ann W. Richards
A Community-Based Approach
Community Safety Zones: A Plan to Curb Urban Violence by William Glasser

Editorial Reviews

The scope and causes of school violence, school security and related legal issues, general approaches to reducing it, specific programs implemented in various cities and states, and an approached based on community safety zones are the main themes addressed in the 20 essays. Among specific topics are gangs, the influence of child abuse and family violence, helping kids cope with violence, and school-to-community intervention techniques used in Virginia. Distributed in the US by Greenwood. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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