Schools, Violence, and Society

ALLAN M. HOFFMAN is Dean, and Professor, College of Health Sciences, Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa. He is also the Director at the Center for the Prevention of Community Violence.

• IntroductionThe Problem of School ViolenceViolence in the Classroom: A Teacher's Perspective by Mary Hatwood FutrellWeapon-Carrying in Schools by Jennifer C. FridayThe Anatomy of Gangs by Allan M. Hoffman and Randal W. SummersGangs and School Safety by Kenneth S. TrumpThe Causes of School ViolenceMedia and Television Violence: Effects on Violence, Aggression, and Antisocial Behaviors in Children by Daniel John Derkson and Victor C. StrasburgerThe Influence of Child Abuse and Family Violence on Violence in the Schools by Jeffrey J. Haugaard and Margaret M. FeerickSchool Security and Related Legal IssuesCritical Decisions, Critical Elements in an Effective School Security Program by S.D. Vestermark, Jr.Legal and Policy Issues of School Violence by Ivan B. GluckmanToward a Less Violent School EnvironmentSafe Schools for All by Gwendolyn J. CookeCommunities, Schools, and Violence by Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Sher QuadayFrom Fight or Flight to Collaboration: A Framework for the Understanding Individual and Institutional Development in the School by Steven Brion-Meisels and Robert L. SelmanLearning to Care and to be Cared for by Nel NoddingsVictims of Violence: Helping Kids Cope by Melba F. ColemanSome Specific ApproachesNEA's Perspective and Policies on Violence in Schools by Keith GeigerWaging Peace in Our Schools: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program by Linda Lantieri, William DeJong, and Janet DutreyStrategies to Reduce School Violence: The New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution by Melinda SmithThe New York City Board of Education and Violence Prevention by Ramon C. CortinesThe Virginia Model: School to Community Intervention Techniques to Prevent Violence by Yvonne V. ThayerViolence in Schools: The Texas Initiative by Christie Bourgeois with an introduction by former Texas Governor Ann W. RichardsA Community-Based ApproachCommunity Safety Zones: A Plan to Curb Urban Violence by William Glasser