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School Violence

School Violence

2006

Concepts of juvenile delinquency and school violence are intrinsically related . School violence is a practical reflection of the processes encompassed with term juvenile delinquency ' From the critical standpoint , juvenile delinquency or engagement of young individual in criminal behavior starts in most times at school . The public 's concern about violence in schools has been illustrated in media stories congressional testimony , and numerous studies and reports that vividly underscore the pervasiveness of the problem . Nowhere , however , is the magnitude of the nation 's concern about school violence reflected

more urgently than in Goal 6 of the Goals 2000 : Educate America Act adopted by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton in March 1994 . Goal 6 states that by the year 2000 , every school in America will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning ' The supporting narrative for this goal states that no child or youth should be fearful on the way to school , be afraid while there , or have to cope with pressures to make unhealthy choices (USDE 1993 . However , it is evident that many of the statements proclaimed in the Act are not fulfilled , and juvenile delinquency and school violence are still connected in a dangerous tandem

Atkins (1994 ) indicates that 100 ,000 guns are transported to the school every day . Besides , during each year three million crimes take place near or inside of public schools . As a result , there are numerous examples of new safety rules ' that were made for elimination of hiding weapons or for constraining excess interaction between the students . For example , in some school in Washington State there are no more lockers in California some require transparent backpacks some another forbids handshakes between the teams

Problem of juvenile delinquency as well as of school violence existed along ago it exists nowadays and will probably exist for a long time in the future . As every conflict , school violence also has its own causes and ways of solution . School violence is caused by the number of things According to Atkins (1994 , children violence in schools usually has two major causes . The first one is the increase in number of violence in movies and television that children watch . The examination of this educational conflict , that was made by the American Psychological Association , reports that American children see about eight thousand murders on the television and around one 100 ,000 of other violent performances before they start attending junior high school Importantly , yet more violent acts are depicted on television , sales of video games depicting death and destruction are skyrocketing , and many rock videos show violence as a viable means of conflict resolution

The second cause explains that children violence may appear as a result of poverty . Indeed , the problem of poverty is strongly connected with school violence . Poverty in families is usually neighboring with alcoholism , child abuse , bullying and agression . Moreover , many incarcerated adolescents are characterized as having behavioral and emotional problems that would qualify them for...

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