Journal of school violence Violence in schools is a burning problem of todays society. It involves different degrees of misbehavior, from bullying and fights to rape and murder. All aspects of this problem have to be considered and understood by teachers and school authorities and ways to cope with this issue have to be worked out. To help in this uneasy task, there are a number of publications dealing with causes and consequences of school violence as well as intervention and prevention of such incidents. In their article Creating a Culture of Tolerance in Schools: Everyday Actions to Prevent Hate-Motivated Violent Incidents, Debra C. Cobia and Jamie S.
Carney provide gruesome statistics about how many cases of violence of major and minor severity have taken place in schools and explain how this undermines the situation which is supposed to be contributing to educational process. The writers of the article try to find and explain the causes of violence acts, which they call hate-motivated, these causes include prejudice, scapegoating and stereotyping. They directly connect intolerance in schools with violence and pinpoint certain behaviors that manifest the problem, for example, hate speech, sexual harassment and racism. Debra C. Cobia and Jamie S. Carney believe that identifying and realizing these precursors of serious trouble can really help dealing with schools violence in its initial stages. They also offer the possible ways of action to prevent the situation from going out of control; these include the development of certain school policies that will provide clear and exact guidelines to appropriate behavior and introduce punishment for violations; school-wide programs that will bring forward respect and security, as well as individual participation of teachers and administration advocating tolerance and denouncing prejudice on a daily basis.
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Violence in Schools Violence among youth, especially in schools, is one of American society's most pressing concerns. It is also a source of controversy. While no recent nationwide study of the real extent of youth violence is available, small-scale and regional studies indicate that youth violence is increasing, at least slightly. In addition, youth, like adults, are now more frequently using ...
(Cobia, Carney, 2002) This article is placed in the Journal of School Violence, a journal, especially created recently in order to help teachers, scholars, students and parents to face the problem of violence in schools, research the background and causes that trigger violent acts and what consequences they imply, analyze the current situation and discuss the solutions. This journal deals with every thing drugs, gangs, weapons, every thing that in some way or another contributes to school violence. It provides the most recent information and research of the problem and puts especial focus on intervention and prevention of violent behavior of students. What is important is that the journal features not only articles covering nation-wide situation, but also presents cross-cultural and international studies. The Journal of School Violence approaches the problem from different angles. Being multi-disciplinary, it gives the possibility to sociologists, psychologists, criminologists and representatives of many more academic subjects, to voice their opinions. The Journal also offers the Handbook of School Violence.
This is the opportunity to see the situation from different perspectives as the Handbook includes points of view of scholars and teachers as well as former gang members and students who feel disconnected from their families and school life. Working together, they try to brainstorm the problem and come up with creative thinking and solutions, their attention being on prevention and intervention of acts of violence in schools. The Journal of School Violence is included in educational section of and highly recommended by the Association of Conflict Resolution, which is an organization dedicated to promoting public understanding and practice of resolving conflicts. To sum up, we can say that The Journal of School Violence covers multidisciplinary theory, research, and practice related to understanding the etiology and effects of violence in K-12 schools. Drawing on the expertise of researchers and educational leaders world-wide, the journal features articles about effective practices designed to prevent violence in schools. (Journal of School Violence, 2002) Reference list: Cobia D.C., Carney J.S. Creating a Culture of Tolerance in Schools: Everyday Actions to Prevent Hate-Motivated Violent Incidents.
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Schoolyard beatings. Racist threats. Recent headlines show that one of the main problems that schools have had for decades is school violence. Violence in schools must be stopped for it is escalating and becoming more severe every year. Violence in schools may result in suicides, injuries to innocent students, and distraction from their school work. Bullying or intimidation is a form of violence ...
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