Violence in schools is a constant concern, but how can educators best address the problems without trampling on the rights of students? These books present some ideas.
Zero Tolerance: Resisting the Drive for Punishment
Edited by William Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn and Rick Ayers • From the back cover: "Zero Tolerance assembles prominent educators and intellectuals along with students and community activists to show that the vast majority of students expelled from schools under new disciplinary measures are sent home for non-violent violations; that the rush to judge and punish disproportionately affects black and Latino students; and that the new disciplinary ethos is eroding constitutional protections...."
Zero Tolerance: Can Suspension and Expulsion Keep Schools Safe?
Edited by Russel J. Skiba and Gil G. Noam • From the back cover: "Since 1997, there have been no fewer than five panels ... that have extensively reviewed the available literature on youth violence prevention in order to make recommendations concerning effective practice. ... Those panels, like the distinguished authors in this issue of New Directions for Youth Development, have found that effectively addressing the problem of school violence requires going well beyond rhetoric...."We're Not Monsters: Teens Speak Out about Teens in Trouble
By Sabrina Solin Weill • From the back cover: "They're everywhere, it seems: teenagers who shoot classmates in schools, who molest children, who commit suicide or cut themselves or give birth in secret and leave babies on doorsteps or in Dumpsters. Are these teenagers born bad -- or did something happen to make them act this way? Why do teens today feel so angry, so full of pain, so alone? Listen to the voices of teenagers as they comment, candidly, on teens in trouble."Dangerous Schools
What We Can Do About the Physical and Emotional Abuse of Our Children • by Irwin A. Hyman and Pamela A. Snook • From the back cover: "School children are being systematically subjected to mandatory classroom policies which inflict both physical and emotional harm. Hundreds of school officials ... have been found guilty of sexual harassment, the illegal use of undercover agents, strip searches, corporal punishment, verbal abuse, punitive isolation, and other forms of institutional abuse."School Violence: Assessment, Management, Prevention
Edited by Mohammad Shafii, M.D., and Sharon Lee Shafii, R.N. • From the back cover: "Part I ... discusses the multiple contributing factors in creating violent children and violence-prone schools. Part II details the diagnostic assessment, management, and treatment of children and adolescents who have threatened school violence. Part III presents the legal aspects ... Part IV details effective prevention measures...."