NCJ Number
185564
Editor(s)
Bryan J. Grapes
Date Published
2000
Length
156 pages
Annotation
This book presents papers by various authors on the following issues related to violence on school premises: the nature of school violence, the causes of school violence, personal narratives of school violence, and the prevention of school violence.
Abstract
Seven papers on the nature of school violence address the chaotic atmosphere of school, the decline in violent behavior in schools, media exaggeration of school violence, school bullies, violence in an inner-city school, the increase in school massacres in the suburbs, and the aftermath of America's first high-profile school shooting (Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, Calif., January 29, 1979). Six papers address the causes of school violence. Issues discussed are the link between psychiatric drugs and school shootings, the relationship between media violence and school violence, the cruelty of high school social life, the availability of guns and school violence, the responsibility of liberalism for the school massacre in Littleton (Colorado), and how violence in schools is influenced by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. Six personal narratives related to school violence include survivors perceptions of school violence, how a student "outsider" views school life, a view on why students lash out, the impact of harassment in school, a parent's reaction to a school bomb threat, and a teacher's perspective on school violence. Seven papers on the prevention of school violence address the following issues: a personal approach to preventing school violence, the prevention of bullying, the return of school uniforms, the classroom as a "police state," the necessity of tighter gun control laws, and the arming of teachers. A 31-item bibliography, a list of organizations to contact, and a subject index