| Description |
321 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
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Hot topics series |
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Hot topics series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
A review of violence statistics among children and adolescents in the United States -- Youth violence in the United States: major trends, risk factors, and prevention approaches -- Concurrent risk factors for adolescent violence -- Adolescent homicide: towards assessment of risk -- School-associated violent deaths in the United States, 1992 to 1994 -- Are we missing the forest for the trees: Considering the social context of school violence -- Youth and violence on local television news in California -- The impact of children witnessing violence -- Student victimization at school -- Profile of a bully: who would do such a thing -- Frequency and correlates of fighting and carrying weapons among public school adolescents -- Precursors and consequences of membership in youth gangs -- Youth gangs and the new second generation: a review essay -- Community and dating violence among adolescents: perpetration and victimization -- Risk factors for adolescent suicide and suicidal behavior: mental and substance abuse disorders, family environmental factors, and life stress -- Programs for the prevention of suicide among adolescents and young adults -- Nine critical elements of promising violence prevention programs -- Does your school have a peaceful environment: using an audit to create a climate for change and resiliency -- How to modify your facilities to minimize violence and vandalism -- Making schools safer and violence free -- Suicide contagion and the reporting of suicide: recommendations from a national workshop -- Reducing suicide potential among high-risk youth: tests of a school-based prevention program -- Conflict resolution as peer mediation: programs for elementary, middle, and high school students -- Effectiveness of a violence prevention curriculum among children in elementary school: a randomized controlled trial -- The Safe Dates project: theoretical basis, evaluation design, and selected baseline findings -- PeaceBuilders: a theoretically driven, school-based model for early violence prevention -- Weapons violence in schools: strategies for teachers confronting violence and hostage situations -- Fostering youth leadership: students train students and adults in conflict resolution. |
| Subject |
School violence -- United States -- Prevention.
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Students -- Crimes against -- United States -- Prevention.
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| Added Author |
Bosworth, Kris.
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