The Evolution of School Disturbance in America: Colonial Times to Modern Day

by M. Reid Counts, Gordon A. Crews

Overview

This work is a cross-sectional analysis of school disturbance as it has evolved from the inception of schools in colonial America. In their introduction, the authors provide a general overview of American school disturbance, the extent of their disturbances, and possible causes. They then examine the topic in detail, with chapters on disturbances in the Colonial period, the Early National period, the Common School period, the Progressive period, and the Kaleidoscopic period.

By examining how school disturbances relate to social and educational developments, Crews and Counts provide a valuable research and teaching tool for courses in criminal justice foundations, juvenile issues, and educational foundations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275958428
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/1997
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

GORDON A. CREWS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Marshall University in Huntington, Kansas.

M. REID COUNTS is an Assistant Professor at Western Carolina University in North Carolina.

Both have published jourbanal articles relating to criminal justice.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
School Disturbance in American Society
Colonial Period: 1600-1780
Early National Period: 1780-1830
Common School Period: 1830-1860
Progressive School Period: 1860-1960
Kaleidoscopic Period: 1960-Present
Possible Solutions to School Disturbance in the United States
Continuing Issues in School Disturbance
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"... Education has always been asked to solve problems that it did not create in social environments that it cannot control." With that caveat about schools as a microcosm of society, Crews (U. of South Carolina, Beaufort) and Counts (U. of Nebraska, Kearney) probe the history, issues, and possible solutions (teen courts, safety and security programs) to violence and drugs in the classroom. What has changed from the colonial to what they term the kaleidoscopic era (1960-present) are: definitions of what constitute school disturbances, social philosophies, data-keeping on student criminality, and the role of the federal government in school reform. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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