Responding to School Violence

Responding to School Violence
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Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 1588269078
ISBN-13 : 9781588269072
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Responding to School Violence by : Glenn W. Muschert

Why do so many school antiviolence programs backfire? And why do policymakers keep making the same mistakes? The authors of Responding to School Violence examine the pervasive rise of school security measures since the Columbine shootings, highlighting the unintended consequences of policymaking too often shaped by fear and sensationalism. Probing an array of now ubiquitous tactics and programs¿metal detectors, police patrols, zero tolerance policies, and more¿the authors show how increasingly punitive schoolhouse dynamics negatively affect student safety and even educational experiences. They also share lessons from past mistakes and identify workable, comprehensive approaches for addressing a recurrent social problem.

Socially Constructed School Violence

Socially Constructed School Violence
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Publisher : Peter Lang
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 0820471291
ISBN-13 : 9780820471297
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Socially Constructed School Violence by : Kimberly M. Williams

Socially Constructed School Violence: Lessons from the Field argues that the way we understand what constitutes violence is socially constructed, and that people from different social locations, that is, gender, race, social class, geographic location, and so on, will have varied perspectives on what is violent. Based on ethnographic work at an urban alternative school for students expelled for bringing weapons to school and an affluent suburban school eighteen miles away, this book describes various ways violence can be constructed. Specifically, this book discusses personal and structural forms of violence that students, teachers, administrators, and other school staff encounter. Using powerful examples from the ethnographic analysis, this book describes some of the valuable lessons learned about how we can work to prevent school violence.

The Social Construction of Crime: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

The Social Construction of Crime: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 22
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ISBN-10 : 9780199805884
ISBN-13 : 0199805881
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Social Construction of Crime: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by : Richard Rosenfeld

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of criminology find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In criminology, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Criminology, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study and practice of criminology. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.

Books, Blackboards, and Bullets

Books, Blackboards, and Bullets
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9781578868667
ISBN-13 : 1578868661
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Books, Blackboards, and Bullets by : Marcel Lebrun

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Curriculum Violence

Curriculum Violence
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Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1626188556
ISBN-13 : 9781626188556
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Curriculum Violence by : Erhabor Ighodaro

This book examines the historical context of African Americans' educational experiences, and it provides information that helps to assess the dominant discourse on education, which emphasises White middle-class cultural values and standardisation of students' outcomes. Curriculum violence is defined as the deliberate manipulation of academic programming in a manner that ignores or compromises the intellectual and psychological well being of learners. Related to this are the issues of assessment and the current focus on high-stakes standardised testing in schools, where most teachers are forced to teach for the test.

Rampage

Rampage
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Publisher : Basic Books
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 9780786722372
ISBN-13 : 0786722371
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Rampage by : Katherine S. Newman

In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most "family friendly" American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to be the spontaneous acts of troubled, disconnected teens, but this important book argues that the roots of violence are deeply entwined in the communities themselves. Rampage challenges the "loner theory" of school violence, and shows why so many adults and students miss the warning signs that could prevent it. Drawing on more than 200 interviews with town residents, distinguished sociologist Katherine Newman and her co-authors take the reader inside two of the most notorious school shootings of the 1990s, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Paducah, Kentucky. In a powerful and original analysis, she demonstrates that the organizational structure of schools "loses" information about troubled kids, and the very closeness of these small rural towns restrained neighbors and friends from communicating what they knew about their problems. Her conclusions shed light on the ties that bind in small-town America.

New Approaches to Social Problems Treatment

New Approaches to Social Problems Treatment
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Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages : 309
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ISBN-10 : 9781849507363
ISBN-13 : 1849507368
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis New Approaches to Social Problems Treatment by : Stacy Lee Burns

Examines diverse developments in the evolution of public policy institutions for remedying social problems. This title includes chapters that address the transformation of social problems, social problems work, and social problems solutions in the context of criminal justice, mental health, and community institutions in contemporary society.

Critical Examinations of School Violence and Disturbance in K-12 Education

Critical Examinations of School Violence and Disturbance in K-12 Education
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Publisher : IGI Global
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9781466699366
ISBN-13 : 1466699361
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Critical Examinations of School Violence and Disturbance in K-12 Education by : Crews, Gordon A.

In recent years, a rise in incidents of juvenile delinquency and violence in American schools has led to increasing concern among school administrators, students, parents, and the general public. The frequency of these cases calls into question issues of safety, risk factors, and prevention strategies within the modern school system. Critical Examination of School Violence and Disturbance in K-12 Education is an authoritative reference source for the latest research on youth violence in schools, offering a thorough analysis of contributing factors to such incidents and possible solutions to prevent future occurrences. Highlighting relevant issues on zero tolerance policies, historical perspectives, and preventive actions, this book is ideally designed for school administrators, law enforcement, teachers, and researchers actively working in educational environments.

Preventing Violence in Schools

Preventing Violence in Schools
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 391
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ISBN-10 : 9781135652760
ISBN-13 : 1135652767
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Preventing Violence in Schools by : Joan N. Burstyn

School violence is a burning issue these days. This book provides an in-depth analysis of violence prevention programs and an assessment of their effectiveness, using data from observations, individual interviews, and focus groups, as well as published data from the schools. It is distinguished by its focus on the cultural and structural context of school violence and violence prevention efforts. Where most other researchers use quantitative measures, such as surveys, to assess the effectiveness of violence prevention programs, the authors of this book use qualitative research and ethnography to study the environment where such programs take place. Thus, this work--one of only a few ethnographic studies of violence prevention programs in schools--links previous quantitative research on the topic and critical ethnography. Preventing Violence in Schools: A Challenge to American Democracy: *includes voices of school students, accused of practicing violence, who have been participants in violence prevention programs; *analyzes a citywide peer mediation program (who benefits and who does not, who is mediated and who mediates, and what the implications of these findings may be); *examines the kinds of violence recognized in schools and the ways schools themselves may perpetuate violence; and *describes a violence prevention program for students at an alternative school. Preventing Violence in Schools: A Challenge to American Democracy is highly relevant for students in courses on urban education, foundations of education, education and social policy, youth and the law, and qualitative research, and for teachers, administrators, and other professionals, such as school psychologists and guidance counselors, at the middle and high school levels.