Preventing student violence
Subtitle: what schools can do
By: Kris Bosworth, editor.
Contributors: Bosworth, Kris.
Series: Hot topics series
Publisher: Phi Delta Kappa International
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN (P.O. Box 789, Bloomington 47402-0789)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: School violence -- United States -- Prevention; Students -- Crimes against -- United States -- Prevention
Notes: "June 1999."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A review of violence statistics among children and adolescents in the United States; title: Youth violence in the United States: major trends, risk factors, and prevention approaches; title: Concurrent risk factors for adolescent violence; title: Adolescent homicide: towards assessment of risk; title: School-associated violent deaths in the United States, 1992 to 1994; title: Are we missing the forest for the trees: Considering the social context of school violence; title: Youth and violence on local television news in California; title: The impact of children witnessing violence; title: Student victimization at school; title: Profile of a bully: who would do such a thing; title: Frequency and correlates of fighting and carrying weapons among public school adolescents; title: Precursors and consequences of membership in youth gangs; title: Youth gangs and the new second generation: a review essay; title: Community and dating violence among adolescents: perpetration and victimization; title: Risk factors for adolescent suicide and suicidal behavior: mental and substance abuse disorders, family environmental factors, and life stress; title: Programs for the prevention of suicide among adolescents and young adults; title: Nine critical elements of promising violence prevention programs; title: Does your school have a peaceful environment: using an audit to create a climate for change and resiliency; title: How to modify your facilities to minimize violence and vandalism; title: Making schools safer and violence free; title: Suicide contagion and the reporting of suicide: recommendations from a national workshop; title: Reducing suicide potential among high-risk youth: tests of a school-based prevention program; title: Conflict resolution as peer mediation: programs for elementary, middle, and high school students; title: Effectiveness of a violence prevention curriculum among children in elementary school: a randomized controlled trial; title: The Safe Dates project: theoretical basis, evaluation design, and selected baseline findings; title: PeaceBuilders: a theoretically driven, school-based model for early violence prevention; title: Weapons violence in schools: strategies for teachers confronting violence and hostage situations; title: Fostering youth leadership: students train students and adults in conflict resolution.