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Title Violence in schools : cross-national and cross-cultural perspectives / edited by Florence L. Denmark, Herbert H. Krauss, Robert W. Wesner, Elizabeth Midlarsky, and Uwe P. Gielen
Published New York : Springer, [2005]
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) : illustrations
Contents Violence in the schools: an introduction / The Editors -- Conceptualizing violence / Herbert H. Krause -- A history of violence in the schools? / Elizabeth Midlarsky and Helen Marie Klain -- Warning signs / June F. Chisholm and Alfred W. Ward -- Developmental aspects of school violence / Roseannie L. Flores -- Gender and ethnicity issues in school violence / Darlene C. DeFour -- Sexual violence in the schools / Beatrice J. Krauss, Herbert H. Krauss, Joanne O'Day, and Kevin Rente -- A transgenerational perspective on peace and on violence prevention / Astrid Stuckelberger -- Bullying and Ijime in Japanese schools / Takashi Naito and Uwe P. Gielen -- A perspective on child abuse in the Philippines / Richard Velayo -- Manifestations of violence in Arab schools and procedures for reducing it / Ramadan A. Ahmed -- Violence in schools: Australia / Judith E. Paphazy -- Predicting school violence / Daniel A. Krause -- Preventing violence in schools / Maram Hallak, Kathryn Quinn, and Charles Collyer -- What can we do about school violence? / Melissa Laraceunta and Florence L. Denmark -- Summary and conclusion / The Editors
Summary Violence has become a global problem, with adverse effects on virtually every aspect of our lives. Perhaps no group is more vulnerable to violence and its consequences than school children, who are entrusted into our care and protection for the purpose of becoming educated citizens
Analysis Violence
Schools
Cross-national perspectives
Cross-cultural perspectives
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on January 19, 2024)
In Springer e-books
Subject School violence -- Cross-cultural studies
Schools.
Violence.
Cross-cultural studies.
Schools
Violence
Cross-Cultural Comparison
violence.
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- School Safety & Violence.
Schools.
Violence.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Violence dans les écoles.
School violence.
Violence
Schools
Cross-cultural studies
School violence
Geweld.
Agressie.
Scholen.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Interculturele vergelijkingen (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Denmark, Florence, editor.
Krauss, Herbert H., 1940- editor.
Wesner, Robert W., 1930- editor.
Midlarsky, Elizabeth, editor.
Gielen, Uwe P. (Uwe Peter), 1940- editor.
ISBN 9780387288116
0387288112
0387231994
9780387231990