It has often been cited that the modern, urban, industrial society increases frustration. Many things can be frustrating to people such as waiting in line to pay tuition or being told that a class is full or has been canceled for the semester. Schools have a difficult time insulating themselves against violent individuals because they must serve the public and allow everyone to enter. They offer all citizens the opportunity to advance, to develop a life full of the richness of knowledge and the beauty of living. However, into every good garden a destroyer may walk.
Violence is a destroyer of that beauty.
They report that the most common type of school problem is either robbery or larceny with contact and that nearly three-fourths of the offenses that students commit are against other students. Students tend to be victimized by students of the same age. Also male students tend to commit acts of violence on other male students. But not only schools must plan for potential violent acts. Senior management must be committed to contingency planning, and it must become part of the culture of the company.