Schools, violence, and society
By: edited by Allan M. Hoffman.
Contributors: Hoffman, Allan M.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780275955069; 9780275949785
Subjects: School violence -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-337) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Violence in the classroom : a teacher's perspective / Mary Hatwood Futrell; title: Weapon-carrying in schools / Jennifer C. Friday; title: Anatomy of gangs / Allan M. Hoffman and Randal W. Summers; title: Gangs and school safety / Kenneth S. Trump; title: Media and television violence : effects on violence, aggression, and antisocial behaviors in children / Daniel John Derksen and Victor C. Strasburger; title: Influence of child abuse and family violence on violence in the schools / Jeffrey J. Haugaard and Margaret M. Feerick; title: Critical decisions, critical elements in an effective school security program / S.D. Vestermark, Jr.; title: Legal and policy issues of school violence / Ivan B. Gluckman; title: Safe schools for all / Gwendolyn J. Cooke; title: Communities, schools, and violence / Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Sher Quaday; title: From fight or flight to collaboration : a framework for understanding individual and institutional development in the school / Steven Brion-Meisels and Robert L. Selman; title: Learning to care and to be cared for / Nel Noddings; title: Victims of violence : helping kids cope / Melba F. Coleman; title: NEA's perspective and policies on violence in schools / Keith Geiger; title: Waging peace in our schools : the resolving conflict creatively program / Linda Lantieri, William DeJong, and Janet Dutrey; title: Strategies to reduce school violence : the New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution / Melinda Smith; title: New York City Board of Education and violence prevention / Ramon C. Cortines; title: Virginia model : school to community intervention techniques to prevent violence / Yvonne V. Thayer; title: Violence in schools : the Texas initiative / Christie Bourgeois; title: Community safe zones : a plan to curb urban violence / William Glasser