05795oam 2200673 a 450 991082810700332120240410144346.0979-82-16-01113-21-280-90857-297866109085780-313-01298-910.5040/9798216011132(CKB)111087028138754(OCoLC)232161612(CaPaEBR)ebrary10023318(SSID)ssj0000241854(PQKBManifestationID)11218696(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241854(PQKBWorkID)10299640(PQKB)11127169(Au-PeEL)EBL3000843(CaPaEBR)ebr10023318(OCoLC)55508799(MiAaPQ)EBC3000843(OCoLC)1435635538(DLC)BP9798216011132BC(EXLCZ)9911108702813875420011031e20022024 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe school as a safe haven /Rollin J. Watson and Robert S. Watson1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2002.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (224 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-89789-900-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- The School as a Safe Haven -- Contents -- Preface: Metaphor and Myth -- Chapter 1 The Sanctity of the Schoolhouse -- THE MYTH -- THREATS TO SCHOOLS -- PUBLIC OPINION -- STUDENT VIOLENCE -- THESIS AND PURPOSE OF BOOK -- RESEARCH METHODS AND LIMITATIONS OF STUDY -- EARLY THREATS TO SCHOOLS -- AN EARLY ACT OF TERRORISM -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Postwar Innocence (1945-1950) -- PRESSURES ON SCHOOLS AFTER THE WAR -- SCHOOLS IN USE AFTER THE WAR -- SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE AND SAFETY FACTORS -- CAMPUS PERIMETERS -- SCHOOL DISCIPLINE IN THE 1940s AND 1950s -- INCREASING VIOLENCE -- ORGANIZATIONAL CONCERNS FOR SAFETY -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 Juvenile Delinquency and the Schools (1950-1975) -- THE FEAR OF THE JUVENILE DELINQUENT -- EXPLANATIONS FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY -- BOMBS AND BOMB THREATS -- GANGS AND THE SCHOOLS -- DIFFERENT TYPES OF DELINQUENTS -- INCREASING USE OF DRUGS -- HIGH SCHOOL UNREST -- THE TOLL OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY -- NOTES -- Chapter 4 Fire Bell in the Schoolyard (1945-1992) -- A PRE-WAR CATASTROPHE -- POST-WAR SCHOOL FIRES -- THE EARLY 1950s -- 1958 -- THE IMPACT OF THE CHICAGO FIRE -- SCHOOL FIRES AND POLITICS IN THE 1960s -- FIRES RELATED TO RACIAL TURMOIL -- OKLAHOMA NIGHTMARE, 1982 -- DANGEROUS BUILDINGS -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 The Encroachment of an Old Catastrophe (1945-1992) -- PRE-WAR BUS ACCIDENTS -- POST-WAR SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENTS -- FREAK INCIDENTS AND BLEAK CONDITIONS IN SCHOOLS -- PUPILS POISONED BY FOOD AND AIR -- SHOP AND PLAYGROUND DANGERS21 -- BEYOND THE PRINCIPAL'S CONTROL -- NATURAL DISASTERS, 1970s -- SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENTS IN THE 1970s AND 1980s -- HAZARDS OF THE 1980s -- SHADES OF LOVE CANAL -- EARTHQUAKES, TORNADOS, SNOWSTORMS -- NOTES -- Chapter 6 Civil Rights, Uncivil Schools (1954-1969) -- THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT -- THE 1950s -- THE 1960s.THE LATE 1960s -- TWO VIOLENT YEARS -- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MURDERED -- 1969 -- NOTES -- Chapter 7 The Demise of Discipline (1959-1969) -- THE CONTROL OF THE SCHOOLS -- SPARE THE ROD -- THE LITIGATION FACTOR -- STUDENT DRESS AND BEHAVIOR -- VIOLENT ATTACKS UPON TEACHERS -- LAWSUITS AGAINST TEACHERS -- PARENTS AGAINST TEACHERS -- INCREASED ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TEACHERS -- THE PORTRAYAL OF TEACHERS IN THE MEDIA -- NOTES -- Chapter 8 A Decadent Counterculture (1970-2001) -- OLD AND NEW SEXUAL ISSUES IN THE 1970s -- SEXUAL PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOLS, 1980s -- MORE OF THE SAME IN THE 1990s -- SCHOOLS AND THE DRUG PROBLEM, 1970s -- THE SCHOOL DRUG "BATTLEGROUND" IN THE 1980s -- THE DRUG PROBLEM IN THE 1980s -- GANGS, DRUGS, AND SCHOOLS64 -- GANGS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY -- NOTES -- Chapter 9 Terror Comes to School (1945-1992) -- THE STORY OF THE VIOLENT INTRUDER -- HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTER, 1975 -- "SCHOOLS ARE NO LONGER SANCTUARIES," 1976 -- SCHOOL BUS VIOLENCE -- GIRL ON A SHOOTING SPREE, 1979 -- TEACHERS WITH GUNS, 1979-1980 -- ATTACKS ON TEACHERS, 1980 -- 1984 SNIPER -- STUDENT SNIPER, 1985 -- FEAR OF TERRORISM, 1986 -- BERSERK GUNMEN, 1987 -- 1988 AND 1989-THE WORST YEARS YET -- SCHOOLYARD MASSACRE, 1989 -- "PROPENSITIES FOR VIOLENCE," 1990 -- 1991 -- GANG VIOLENCE, 1992 -- NOTES -- Chapter 10 The Paradox of the Clinton Era (1993-2001) -- GOVERNMENTAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL SAFETY -- AN EXPLOSIVE DECADE10 -- SOME SCHOOL FIRES -- THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENT -- THE HORSEPLAY FACTOR -- COMBATING THE ANCIENT RITUAL -- SUICIDES IN SCHOOLS -- LITIGATION -- THE SCOTTY BAKER CASE -- SOME EPISODES OF VIOLENCE, 1990s64 -- 15 SECONDS OF FAME-THE LITTLE BIG MEN -- LOOKING FOR REASONS -- FULFILLING THE PURPOSES OF THIS BOOK -- NOTES -- Postscript: Forging a New Paradigm -- NOTE -- Index -- About the Authors.School accidentsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySchool violenceUnited StatesHistory20th centurySchool crisis managementUnited StatesHistory20th centurySchool accidentsHistorySchool violenceHistorySchool crisis managementHistory371.7/82/0973Watson Rollin J.1941-1643521Watson Robert S1643522DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910828107003321The school as a safe haven3988826UNINA