Violence in Schools: Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Violence in Schools: Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Editors: Florence Denmark, Herbert Krauss, Robert Wesner, Elizabeth Midlarsky and Uwe Gielen


Book Description
During the 1940s, teachers were certain they had some grievous complaints about
students' behavior in school. Among these were excessive noise, littering, and gum chewing. More recently, teachers' concerns have taken on a far more dire tone. Today, their focus is on the rape, robbery, and substance abuse incidents that occur in
alarming numbers in their workplaces.
In recent years, the news on violent crime in our schools has often been devastating.
And although school officials have begun taking measures to decrease the level of
violence on their grounds (e.g., installing metal detectors, hiring guards to patrol
hallways), the violence that continues to occur is often more lethal and no less
troubling. To further understand and ameliorate the causes of violence among our
children—especially at school—this book takes a comprehensive approach to addressing the issues.
Violence in Schools: Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Perspectives provides both a broad overview of violence in schools and offers specific descriptions of models that have been used successfully within school settings to prevent violent crime from occurring. For example, this volume: Recognizes that violence on school grounds is a global problem that requires an international perspective to counteract.
Takes a broad view of what constitutes violence—that is, the focus is not only on
physical assault, but the neglect and abusive behavior (e.g., racism, sexism, cultural discrimination and suppression) that contribute to its occurrence.
Explores the history of the phenomenon of school violence in order to effectively ameliorate its current condition.
Violence in Schools: Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Perspectives speaks with
legitimate authority to scholars as well as to those on the frontlines in combating
school violence, including school and counseling psychologists, school administrators, teachers and staff as well as concerned parents.

Hardcover: 326 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (July 22, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387231994
ISBN-13: 978-0387231990
Price: $60.16
File Type: PDF
File Size: 16628 KB (ZIP Compression)

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