Violence in Schools

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Violence in Schools

• By,
• Robin H. Martin

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Types Of School Violence

• Intimidation
• Threats
• Harassment
• Bullying
• Robbery
• Gangs

• Vandalism
• Rape
• Sexual assault
• Fights (with or without weapons)
• Murder

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3 Categories of Violence

• Type 1 Violence originates _at_ school and is
  carried out _at_ school.
• Type 2 Violence originates _at_ school and is
  carried out away from school.
• Type 3 Violence originates outside of school and
  is carried out _at_ school.

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Statistics.

• U.S. Department of justice
• Every day in the U.S. 100,000 children carry
  some type of weapon to school
• Mostly guns
• As many as 40 children are injured or killed by
  guns every day
• On any given day there are more than 90,000
  youngsters being held in juvenile facilities.

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Statistics.

• From 1992-1996, teachers were victims of about
  316,000 nonfatal and property crimes _at_ school
  including 18,000 serious violent crimes!
• In 1998, every school day, 6,250 teachers were
  threatened with injury and 260 are assaulted!
• More than 28,000 students and 5,000 teachers are
  physically attacked in our schools each month!

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Statistics.

• School violence has increased over 50 in the
  last 10 years!
• Over 50 of all those arrested for any violent
  offense in America are teenagers!

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Not reporting?

• In 1996-97, 10 of all public schools reported _at_
  least 1 serious violent crime.
• 47 reported _at_ least 1 less serious or nonviolent
  crime.
• 43 of public schools didnt report any of these
  crimes to police!!!

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Triad of Predictors of Delinquent Behavior

• 1. Cruelty to Animals
• 2. Setting Fires
• 3. Bedwetting

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Profile of Young Offenders..

• Male
• Young
• Low verbal IQ
• Do poorly in school
• No friends
• Impulsive

• One or both parents were also juvenile offenders
• Experiment with drugs or alcohol
• Difficulty in placing themselves in others shoes
  and feeling as they feel

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Juvenile Offenders

• These boys account for no more than 5 or 6 of
  the population of young boys of a given age in
  the entire country but, that 5 or 6 can produce
  ½ or more of all of the serious crimes in the
  country.

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Profile of Potentially Violent Student

• Influenced by cults, cult music, or heavy metal,
  and rap music
• Problems with drugs and alcohol
• Excessive stress in the home such as divorce of
  parents
• Problems with depression

• Male
• Between ages of 11-18
• Usually described as a loner
• Fascination for weapons of all sorts
• Fascination with killing
• Past conduct problems or problems with authority
• Cruelty to animals

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Recent Cases of School Violence..

• Columbine High School Littleton, CO 4/20/99
• Two teenage boys (Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris)
  start shooting classmates and detonating bombs.
• 15 dead, many injured
• Boys were being harassed by athletes for being
  different

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Cases..

• Princess Anne, MD 4/23/99
• A high school senior was arrested when students
  saw him loading a .40-caliber handgun.
• Heritage High School Conyers, GA 5/20/99
• A sophomore opened fire son students with a
  .22-caliber rifle.
• No one killed, but several injured.
• School was in an affluent suburb of Atlanta.

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Cases..

• Springfield, OR 5/21/98
• Kip Kinkel, 15 year-old freshman, kills parents
  then goes to school and kills 2 students and
  injuring 19.
• He was suspended from school the day before.

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Cases..

• Wimberly, TX 4/23/99
• Four 14-year-old 8th graders were taken into
  custody for conspiracy to commit murder, arson,
  and manufacturing explosives.
• A student reported that they were planning an
  attack on the school.
• Jackson, WY 4/22/99
• 17-year-old student arrested when authorities
  found a metal device and a fuse in his backpack.

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Cases..

• Jonesboro, AR 3/24/98
• Two middle school students pull fire-alarm and
  then start shooting students while they flee the
  school.
• Four students and a teacher were killed.

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Cases..

• West Paducah, KY 12/1/97
• 14-year-old freshman kills 3 classmates and
  injures 5 more.
• Students were involved in a prayer group.
• Allegedly got the idea from the movie The
  Basketball Diaries.

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Cases..

• Moses Lake, WA 2/2/96
• 14-year-old honor student killed two 15-year old
  students and his 49-year old teacher. He also
  kept his algebra class hostage.
• Got the idea from a book by Stephen King called
  Rage.
• He used the line This sure beats algebra class,
  doesnt it? a line from the book.

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Prevention..

• Involve parents
• Educational programs
• Establish school curriculum
• Work on moral and ethical standards
• Offer anger management programs
• Increase security monitoring
• Install metal detectors
• Random locker searches

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Prevention..

• Target at risk students
• Profile dangerous students
• Peer counseling
• Support groups
• Educate school staff
• Teach history of violence
• Teach how to respond to violence

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Prevention.

• Make an assessment
• Assess anti-violence programs
• Make necessary adjustments
• Enhance school atmosphere
• Make students feel valued at school
• Allow students to have input
• Initiate a weapons hotline that pays students for
  reporting weapons

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Thanks for Listening!

• Have A Great Summer!!!!