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Violence in School : Its Causes and Prevention Programs

Violence is not an everyday occurrence in most of our schools . We can provide our children with the skills necessary to cope with conflict , in the school or community , in a nonviolent manner . With hard work outreach to the community , appropriate training , and provision of needed resources we can change the environment that is free of drugs , free of disruptive behavior , and free of violence ' - Madeline Kunin

The type of criminal incidents that schools were

asked to report included murder , suicide , rape or other type of sexual battery , assault or fight with a weapon , robbery , assault or fight without a weapon theft /larceny , and vandalism (Burns . Interpersonal disputes are by far the most frequent reason for both fatal and nonfatal violence . The most common forms of reported violence in school involve assaults without weapon such as beatings or fights . The percentage of school principals reporting physical conflicts among students as a moderate to serious discipline problem ranged from 14 in rural schools to 25 in city schools . The three most frequent reasons for school-associated violent deaths were interpersonal disputes (26 , gang activity (13 , and suicides (14 , with most deaths caused by shooting (77 . Three out of every ten students were involved in bullying . Urban schools are much more prone to violence than are their suburban or rural counterparts ADDIN EN .CITE ShafiiMohammad ShafiiSharon Lee ShafiiSchool Violence Assessment , Management Prevention2001Am erican Psychiatric Pub Inc (Shafii and Shafii

The biological cause of violence

A study of healthy adolescent males revealed that high levels of circulating testosterone led to increase readiness to respond to threats and provocation . It is also suggested that high testosterone level made men more impatient and irritable leading to the conclusion that testosterone is a risk factor for aggression and violence ADDIN EN .CITE ShafiiMohammad ShafiiSharon Lee ShafiiSchool Violence Assessment , Management Prevention2001Am erican Psychiatric Pub Inc (Shafii and Shafii . Moreover , other studies had demonstrated that serotonin dysfunction is related not to a specific disease but rather to aggression or impulse reactions independent of the psychiatric diagnosis ADDIN EN .CITE ShafiiMohammad ShafiiSharon Lee ShafiiSchool Violence Assessment , Management Prevention2001Am erican Psychiatric Pub Inc (Shafii and Shafii

The social cause of violence

The foundation of the social learning model is that youth begin to learn aggressive behaviors through these everyday social exchanges between family members , as well as through exposure to parenting styles that include inconsistent discipline , with both negative and positive reinforcements or antisocial behaviors and cognitions . Aggressive youths are characterized by coercion , through physical or verbal aggression by a family member ADDIN EN .CITE JimersonShane R JimersonMichael J FurlongThe Handbook of School Violence and School Safety : From Research to Practice2006Rout ledge (Jimerson and Furlong

Other cause of violence

The concern over televised violence is so great that a number of national organizations , including NSBA , have joined the Citizens Task Force on TV violence . Moreover , media exposure such as violent movies videogames , violent lyrics in rock and...