A SCHOOL SHOULD BE a safe place, and, historically, schools in the United States have been relatively safe. Over the past decade, however, many people have begun to question the safety of American schools. Several mass killings at schools have focused...

IN DECEMBER 1997, a fourteen-year-old boy shot and killed three teenagers and wounded five others at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky. In April 1999, two teenage students in Littleton, Colorado, planned to blow up Columbine High School after...

Viewpoint: Yes, to prevent school shootings, which have become a threat to the public health, school psychologists or social workers should evaluate all students for signs of mental instability or a potential for violence. Viewpoint: No, universal...

School violence refers to violence and crime taking place within educational...

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When the topic turns to school violence, Tom Mauser usually lectures about guns.Mauser became a national advocate of gun control after his 15-year-old son, Daniel, was among those slain in the April 20, 1999, shootings at Columbine High School.But resignation punctuated Mauser's remarks Monday when...

A Jewish professor found a swastika on her office door at Columbia University on Wednesday, the latest symbol of bias and hatred found at the school in recent weeks, police said.Elizabeth Midlarsky discovered the swastika painted on her door at Teachers College, a graduate school...

People have always been drawn to spectacles of violence. As Sissela Bok points out in her book Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment, the ancient Romans forced slaves and convicts to fight wild animals to the death before roaring crowds as a matter...

Essay examines crime in the schools and ways to prevent further violence in them. Provides charateristics of children most likely to commit crimes, warning signs for educators and parents, as well as policies that could ultimately result in less violence in schools.

WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS

Alcohol, the accessibility of weapons, race, inadquate families and communities all contribute to violence in schools. Mediation, protecting staff and students, and anger management courses are some ways violence in schools can be reduced.