Violence in schools

Violence has also expanded into the public schools to a degree never before observed. Metropolitan areas are seeing almost daily reports of students bringing knives and guns into the schools. In fact, a recent survey showed that 11% of teachers and 23% of students nationwide have been victims of violence in school.219 In addition to the suffering and loss of life, the monetary cost to society of every murder is calculated at 2.4 million.220... 

Although the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act (which bans gun possession in and near schools) was overturned by the Supreme Court, there are plenty of laws and policies that forbid students or others from bringing guns onto school property. John Lott suggests that the characterization of gun violence in schools is rather misleading ... 

Vossekuil, B., Reddy, M., Rein, R. (2000) Safe School Initiative. An interim report on the ptevention of tatgeted violence in schools. Presented at Awesome Adolescents Confetence, McLean Hospital, Boston, MA. 

In the next mayoral election, residents of Noxville should vote for Joanne Burgess, a former teacher and principal, instead of Lijuan Jackson, a member of the Noxville city council, because the current members of the city council are not improving our education system. In fact, for the past four years, test scores have dropped significantly, violence in schools has increased 25%, and more children than ever before are being held back. If we elect Joanne Burgess as our next mayor, the education problems in Noxville will certainly be solved. 

U.S. Secret Service. (2002). An interim report on the prevention of targeted violence in schools. Accessed May 2, 2012. http //www.secretservice.gov/ntac/ssi final report.pdf. 

Eisenbraun, K. D. (2007). Violence in schools Prevalence, prediction, and prevention. 

Threat assessments are a common approach among school- and district-wide plans to systematically assess risk among troubled students. Reddy et al. (2000) assert that threat assessment is the most promising approach for providing school personnel with a systematic risk assessment of targeted violence in schools. 

Reddy, M., Borum, R., Berglund, J., Vossekuil, B., Fein, R., and Modzeleski, W. (2001). Evaluating risk for targeted violence in schools Comparing risk assessment, threat assessment and other approaches. Psychology in the Schools, 38,157-172. 

Pittel, E. M. (1998). How to take a weapons history Interviewing children at risk for violence in school. Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, October, 1100-1102. 

Mushinski, M., Violence in America s public schools. Stat Bull Metrop Insur Co 75(2), 2-9, 1994. 

Cox, Vic. Guns, Violence, and Teens. Springfield, N.J. Enslow, 1997. Written for teenagers, the book takes a teen viewpoint in looking at guns in schools, gang violence, and the positions in the public debate over gun... 

Moore, Mark H., et al. Deadly Lessons Understanding Deadly School Violence. Washington, D.C. National Academies Press, 2003. Because of the importance of the mass shootings in schools to the gun control debate, this set of case studies exploring the impact of these tragedies on the community is an important resource. The contributors attempt to extract lasting lessons on how to prevent such violence and how to help heal the anguish it causes. 

High-School Violence in Decline. Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1999, p. Al. Reports on a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found that the number of high school students who said they car-... 

In the United States, few children suffering from psychiatric disorders actually receive treatment (Satcher, 2001). The impact of untreated psychiatric disorders is costly, with aggression being one important consequence. For example, many of the youths involved in school violence over the past 2 years had emotional difficulties prior to their destructive acts, yet, most did not receive intervention (Vossekeil et al., 2000). 

Between 1997 and 1998 there was a rash of shooting in schools by angry students against students and teachers. What were the circumstances and causes of this flare-up To what extent was the blame put on the media, which may have incited the students to violence Or, was the media just a scapegoat What else could have been a cause ... 

Mandatory school uniforms will have a tremendously positive impact on our district. If students are required to wear a uniform, it will greatly inhibit gang behavior since they will no longer be able to wear gang colors. As a result, schools will experience an overall decrease in school violence and theft. Since violence is one of the major concerns that parents, teachers, and students raise about our district, this change will be welcomed with open arms. In addition, school uniforms will instill a much-needed sense of discipline in our student body, and discipline is something that is, unfortunately, in short supply in our school district. Also, students dressed in uniforms will feel a strong sense of community with their peers, which will lead to a... 

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) produced by various prenatal impacts is another variable highly correlated with childhood violence and adult criminal behavior. ADHD is associated with conduct problems, social maladaptation, and delinquent behavior. In the United States, ADHD boys with conduct problems in school are at increased risk for later criminality.98 This is true not only in America but also in other industrialized countries, for example, in Germany and Sweden.99... 

Deborah Denno is one of the most influential women lawyers in America, and has taught at Fordham Law School since 1991. She also argues for a link between lead and crime (San Francisco Chronicle, September 26,2007). She explored 3,000 factors in 1,000 children who were followed from birth to age 22, and found a highly significant link between observed lead toxicity and the likelihood of criminal activity. Lead poisoning was the best predictor at age 7 for aggressive behavior in school, juvenile delinquency, and eventually criminal violence. 

All employees should be trained in (1) techniques for recognizing the potential for violence, (2) conflict resolution, (3) how to react during incidents of violence, and (4) how to obtain assistance, including medical help. To help minimize the threat of violence in the workplace, many employers school their employees in conflict resolution which is a method of solving relational problems before they get out of control. 

Lipscomb, J. Violence in the workplace A growing crisis among health care workers. In Charney, W. and Lofgren, D.J. (eds.). Dangerous Premises. Ithaca, NY New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1989. 

Mike Kennedy, The Changing Face of School Violence , in Under Siege Schools as the New Battleground, publisher unknown, 1999. 

Students who engaged in school-based attacks typically did not just snap and engage in impulsive or random acts of targeted school violence. Instead, the attacks examined under the Safe School Initiative appeared to be the end result of a comprehensible process of thinking and behavior that typically began with an idea, progressed to the development of a plan, moved on to securing the means to carry out the plan, and culminated in an attack. The Safe School Initiative found that the time span between the attacker s decision to mount an attack and the actual incident may be short. Consequently, when indications that a student may pose a threat to the school community arise in the form of information about a possible planned attack, school administrators and law enforcanent officials will need to move quickly to inquire about and intervene in that possible plan. 

Based on increasing violence in the community and pressure from the community, the Samuel County School District announced today that it will conduct a comprehensive vulnerability assessment of the fifteen schools located in the district. Because of the number of schools, the district will take an incremental approach based on perceived need of each school. For purposes of this activity, the assessment team will conduct the first assessment at Benjamin Franklin High School in the southern part of Samuel County. 

East School District has experienced a consistent increase in school safety concerns over the past three years. Acts of violence among students have risen in addition to periodic incidents of nonstndent intruders accessing school campuses. Administrators have convened to discuss the implementation of a school uniform... 

Hirschstein, M. K., and Frey, K. S. (2006). Promoting behavior and behefs that reduce bullying The Steps to Respect Program. In The Handbook of School Violence and School Safety Prom Research to Practice, edited by S. R. Jimerson and M. J. Furlong. Erlbaum,... 

South High School is in an urban environment. Gang activity appears to be on the rise, based on the presence of graffiti and increased acts of violence on school property. The school was built in 1950, and few repairs have been made since original construction. Principal Hayes is under pressure by the board of education to improve what is occurring at the school. 

In 2001, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the surgeon general s report on youth violence, which indicated several risk factors (both personal and social) that predict youth violence. In the primary grades, risk factors included 1) being male 2) substance abuse 3) aggression 4) low intelligence 5) antisocial parents 6) poverty 7) psychological conditions such as hyperactivity 8) weak social ties 9) antisocial behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and peers 10) exposure to TV violence 11) poor school performance 12) abusive parents ... 

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