num_pages: 236
description: Describes how a problem solving program model, aimed at preventing violence in schools, was taught to 11th-grade students at West Mecklenburg High School. Depicts how the project gave voice and action to students' creative solutions to school problems, involved students in all phases of development, and entrusted students as agents of change in their schools and communities. Describes how students worked to define and address environmental and social concerns through attempts to change the behavior, risk factors, and social influences that comprised safety. The model involves using police officers as resources in the school. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Crime in Schools: Reducing Fear & Disorder With Student Problem Solving
titlecomplete: Crime in Schools: Reducing Fear & Disorder With Student Problem Solving
publisher: Police Executive Res Forum