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    Defeating School Violence
    Defeating School Violence
    Defeating School Violence
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    Defeating School Violence

    By Shalini Saxena

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    Schools—frequently believed to be safe havens for students—are instead often the sites of violence. From mass school shootings to hazing to fist fights and everything in between, violent acts are tragically far too common on too many school campuses. This volume dispenses essential guidance to those who may be witnesses to or victims of school violence. Readers will learn how to find resources that can help them cope with the lasting emotional consequences of their experiences. They will also learn about conflict resolution and identifying warning signs and how these can help prevent the recurrence of such events.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRosen Publishing
    Release dateDec 15, 2015
    ISBN9781499461503
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      Book preview

      Defeating School Violence - Shalini Saxena

      Published in 2016 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.

      29 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010

      Copyright © 2016 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.

      First Edition

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Furgang, Kathy.

      Defeating school violence / Kathy Furgang. — First edition.

         pages cm. — (Effective survival strategies)

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-1-4994-6149-7 (library bound)

      1. School violence—Prevention—Juvenile literature. I. Title.

      LB3013.3.F85 2016

      371.7’82--dc23

      2015021639

      For many of the images in this book, the people photographed are models. The depictions do not imply actual situations or events.

      Manufactured in China

      Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      CHAPTER 1

      WHAT COUNTS AS SCHOOL VIOLENCE?

      CHAPTER 2

      BUT WHY?

      CHAPTER 3

      ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM

      CHAPTER 4

      WARNING SIGNS

      CHAPTER 5

      GETTING SUPPORT

      CHAPTER 6

      MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OTHERS

      GLOSSARY

      FOR MORE INFORMATION

      FOR FURTHER READING

      BIBLIOGRAPHY

      INDEX

      Introduction

      It seems that the nightly news is filled with example upon example of violence in schools all across North America. In October 2014, freshman Jaylen Fryberg opened fire on five people in his school cafeteria at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington. He then turned the gun on himself and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. One victim died at the scene, while three more later died of their wounds in the hospital.

      School violence is not limited only to high schools. School shootings have occurred in schools where students as young as six years old have been affected. On December 14, 2012, the world stood in horror as news spread about a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The twenty-year-old gunman, Adam Lanza, killed twenty children who were just six and seven years old, along with six adults, before turning the gun on himself. A total of twenty-eight people were killed.

      Shootings or instances that end in death are not the only types of school violence. Bullying and fights in hallways, in school-yards, or on buses are also examples of violence that have made our schools unsafe. Gang violence in middle schools and high schools contributes to the problem. Some violence starts online. Electronic aggression in the form of cyberbullying and threats can make its way into schools, where the problem is escalated into face-to-face aggression and violence.

      Community members grieve by a memorial for the victims of a high school shooting in Marysville, Washington, in October 2014. This is just one of the many tragic examples of school violence.

      What drives people to violence against classmates and themselves? Are these senseless killings and attacks just part of the new normal in schools? Sadly, school violence is not a new phenomenon. Recorded instances of student-initiated school violence date back to the 1800s. The facts show that inner city schools may have more incidences of violence, but no school or town is immune to the problem. There can be violence and even death at schools in urban, suburban, and rural areas alike.

      So what can people do to stop the violence? Are there ways to make schools a safe place for everyone? Some schools have implemented metal detectors to check that students have no weapons on them when they enter the school, but do such actions really make

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