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

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

Gordon A. Crews
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 322
ISBN13: 9781466699359|ISBN10: 1466699353|EISBN13: 9781466699366
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9935-9
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Crews, Gordon A., ed. Critical Examinations of School Violence and Disturbance in K-12 Education. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9935-9

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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 Examinations 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.

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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education (AECKE) Book Series
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Dedication
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Preface
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Acknowledgment
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Introduction
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Chapter 1
It has been said that those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it. This may be no truer than when one examines the history of school violence and disturbance in K-12 American schools. The following chapters examine...
Historical Perspectives on K-12 School Violence
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Chapter 2
There are myriad perspectives on the current issues facing all aspects of K-12 Education in the United States. The following two chapters attempt to expose the reader to many of these topics and to offer new perspectives on how they...
Perspectives on the Current Issues in K-12 Education
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Chapter 3
It is common knowledge that there have been cliques and sets in American schools since their invention. The following chapters examines school violence and disturbance from the perspective of examining various types of offenders and...
Perspectives on Individual Groups
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Chapter 4
Unfortunately, the term “Zero tolerance” has been a political buzzword for the last several decades that it has more meaning in the minds of academicians and politicians than it does in day-to-day practice by school administrators....
Impact of Zero Tolerance Policies
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Chapter 5
As with the number of possible “causes” of school violence, there are a million different views on possible solutions. The following section examines four different areas of potential solutions to the problem of school violence and...
Perspectives on Possible Solutions
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Compilation of References
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About the Contributors
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Index
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