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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786194303321

Titolo

Kids and violence : the invisible school experience / / Catherine N. Dulmus, Karen M. Sowers, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Binghamton, N.Y. : , : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-42863-1

0-203-05092-4

1-283-96810-X

1-136-42856-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DulmusCatherine N

SowersKaren M (Karen Marlaine)

Disciplina

371.7/82

Soggetti

School violence - United States

Children and violence - United States

Violence in children - United States

School violence - United States - Prevention

Children and violence - United States - Prevention

Violence in children - United States - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Co-published simultaneously as Journal of evidence-based social work, Volume 1, Numbers 2/3 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Kids and Violence: The Invisible School Experience; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction; Bully-Victimization Related to Gender and Grade Level: Implications for Prevention Efforts; School Personnel's Observations of Bullying and Victimization Among Rural Elementary and Middle School Children; Kids-Parents-School Personnel: Few Are Talking and Even Less Are Listening; Corporal Punishment: Another Form of School Violence; The Criminal Bully-Linking Criminal Peer Bullying Behavior in Schools to a Continuum of Delinquency; A Solution-Focused Approach to Crisis Intervention with Adolescents

Abuse of Power: When School Personnel Bully Students"Hotspots" for Bullying: Exploring the Role of Environment in School Violence; Adolescent Dating Violence on School Campuses; Perceptions of Bullying and Non-Bullying Children: Results from an Exploratory Study



in a U.S. Rural School; School-Based Violence Prevention Programs: A Review of Selected Programs with Empirical Evidence; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Implement prevention interventions and policies to curb the cycle of violence in our schools!Kids and Violence: The Invisible School Experience examines overt and covert violence occurring in the school setting involving students, school personnel, and school policy, and highlights a level of violence that is often hidden, ignored, or subtly tolerated. This book provides the latest research findings on various issues of violence in our schools. It also shows what happens when the adults responsible for the well-being of our children are actually perpetrating violence, staying silen