School Violence:

1
School Violence

• Why it happens and what we can do.

2
Statistics

• 11-12 thousand incidents of violence per year
• 17 of students carry weapons to school
• 323 school related death between 92 and 99

3
Social factors

• Economic Differences
• Encouraged Competition
• Dysfunctional Families
• Poverty
• Substance abuse
• Media?

4
Incidents

• Littleton, CO 15 dead, 23 wounded
• West Paducah, KY 3 dead, 5 wounded
• Jonesboro, AK 5 dead, 10 wounded
• Springfield, OR 2 dead, 22 wounded
• Flint, MI 6 year old shoots another 6 year old
  with .32 caliber handgun

5
Why it happened

• Bullying
• Rejection alienation
• Mental instability
• Access to guns
• Other

6
Recoil

• More money into security measures
• MTV launches campaign
• Suggestion to arm teachers
• False bomb threats
• Lockdown drills
• Profiling

7
What we think is wrong

• Uncaring families
• Lower level of ethics in society
• Social exclusion
• The system

8
Proposed solutions

• Mass cooperative learning
• More personal relationships with faculty
• A better society to grow up in

9
Effects of Solutions

• Looser curriculum
• Improved campus atmosphere
• Closer friendships