Allan M. Hoffman

Schools, Violence, and Society (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313389368
• Artikelnr.: 37843617

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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