| Description |
x, 175 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index. |
| Summary |
Studies school violence comprehensively -- linking school ethnography, policy analysis, and urban studies and encompassing city politics, racism, policing, and systemic and economic injustices in its all-too-real portrait of youth violence in American society. Rich with dialogue, this timely volume considers school violence in its many forms, including gun and weapon usage, assault and harassment, bullying, fighting, suicide, and hate crimes. In addition to youth violence, the book examines federal policies and court cases that have shaped judicial and punitive responses to violence. Chapters cover: zero tolerance policy, school discipline, urban policing, community and school relations, segregation and school inequities, alternative schools, and boot camps. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Jean Anyon -- 1. A Framework for Understanding Violence in School. Violence in the Context of History, Culture, and Economics. The Policy Picture. Where Policy Meets the School. The City and the School. Entering Brandon High. Being Down -- 2. Violence in the Organization of Schooling. Systemic Violence. Interpersonal and Hidden Violence. A Glimpse at Peer Mediation. Suicide and Self-mutilation. The Spectacle of Violence. A Portrait of a School -- 3. The Screening Committee and the Prison Track. Going Before the Screening Committee. On Placing and Dropping Students. Suspension and Expulsion. The "In" of Outplacements -- 4. Of Hood Rats and City Cops. Enter the Police. Police, Families, and Youth. A System Apart. Police, the Community, and Antagonism. Community and Police Crossfire. From Street Beat to School Police -- 5. Policing the Urban School Crisis. Theoretical Foundations of School Policing. The School Police Officer. Policing Brandon High. |
| Subject |
School violence -- United States -- Prevention -- Case studies.
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Education, Urban -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
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Teenagers with social disabilities -- Education -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Added Title |
Challenging violence in urban schools |
| ISBN |
0807741485 alkaline paper |
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9780807741481 alkaline paper |
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0807741477 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780807741474 paperback alkaline paper |
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