Violence in America's Schools: Understanding, Prevention, and Responses
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R. Murray Thomas (Author)
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The problem of violence in schools has not gone away despite radical reductions in violent crimes throughout the country over the last decade. Students continue to harass, haze, and harm each other in a variety of ways, disrupting classrooms and entire schools. In the wake of the Columbine massacre, many focused on the worst kind of school violence: deadly assaults with dangerous weapons. But other forms of violence are more persistent, common, and just as destructive: fighting, sexual abuse, carrying weapons to school, vandalism, and assorted other crimes happen behind the closed doors of elementary, middle, and high schools across the country. The consequences range from violent victimization and death to fear and the disruption of learning among student bodies and teaching staffs. Thomas provides a foundation for understanding why violence occurs, preventing it from happening, and treating both offenders and victims after it takes place. Using scores of case descriptions to illustrate the types of school violence and their treatment in recent years, the author skillfully shows readers that the problem of violence and crime in schools is an insidious issue that cannot go untreated. He offers both tested and new methods for dealing with a host of violence issues as well as a guide to planning treatment of the problem and its associated consequences. He answers the questions: What are prominent types of violence in American schools? What conditions contribute to those types of violence? What methods can be applied in an effort to reduce school violence? Readers will come away from this book with a greater understanding of the scope of violence in America's schools, and the myriad ways of addressing it.
About the Author
R. Murray Thomas is Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of several books, including Religion in Schools: Controversies around the World, God in the Classroom, and Manitou and God.
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- Contributor: R. Murray Thomas
- Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Education
- ISBN13: 9781578867097
- Number of Pages: 272
- Packaged Dimensions: 155x232x20mm
- Packaged Weight: 413
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
- Release Date: 2009-02-16
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: R. Murray Thomas is Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of several books, including Religion in Schools: Controversies around the World, God in the Classroom, and Manitou and God.
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