Schools, Violence, and Society

Subjects:

• Education » Education (General)
• Political Science » Public Policy
• Sociology » Sociology (General)

Reviews:

• Hoffman...has edited a useful book on violence in society, its effects on school children, and possible solutions. An excellent mix of research and practice.... The present work will be excellent for teacher preparation programs and for practitioners.
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• Hoffman's book presents a comprehensive overview of school violence, with chapters written by respected educational experts. I would certainly consider it for adoption in my course on school crime.
  —Criminal Justice Review

Table of Contents:

• 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