Background and history

Problems, controversies, and solutions

Perspectives

Profiles

Data and documents

Resources for further research

Chronology.

1. Background and history. Types of school violence ; Measuring school violence ; Brief history of school violence incidents ; Legislation and court decisions ; Supreme Court cases

2. Problems, controversies, and solutions. Effects of school violence ; Biological theories ; Psychological theories ; Rational choice theory ; Social strain theories ; Social learning theories ; Social control theories ; Labeling theories ; Conflict theories ; Integrated theories ; Feminist theories ; Risk factors ; Individual ; Family ; School ; Community ; Protective factors ; Individual ; Family ; School ; Community ; Interventions ; Anonymous tip lines ; Profiling ; Dress codes and uniforms ; Metal detectors ; Video cameras ; Conflict resolution and peer mediation ; Peaceable schools ; Restorative justice ; School police officers ; Canine searches ; Zero tolerance laws ; Other laws

3. Perspectives. A student's perspective on the dangers of bullying / Lashanti Jupp ; Reflections on mean girls / Lauren Lorance ; Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names will never hurt me? Approaches to language mis(uses) in schooling / Kelly Concannon ; The people's court in a South Bronx elementary school / Evelyn Jackson ; Creating and sustaining positive school climates / De Palazzo ; Being out ; Confidentiality and LGBT students: it's the law ; Our gender-nonconforming youth and transgender youth ; Creating a safe space for all: policies, programs, and practices ; Federal law ; State law ; Local policies and acts ; Other key ways to show allyship to LGBTQ youth ; Is there more school violence today? A veteran educator says no / Sarah Raitter ; Reflections on PeaceJam and school violence in the United Kingdom / Larenda Twigg ; Preventing school violence / Barbara J. Wien ; Violence as a continuum ; Shifting U.S. culture ; Ending war and violence ; Cultivating caring communities ; How to build communitiy ; Best practices in reducing school violence ; Working for a higher purpose ; The circle model ; Organizing for peace in your community: six steps for success ; Activism against domestic and dating violence / Stephanie Wong ; Turning the personal into progress / Robert Spencer Knotts

4. Profiles. Part I. Bath, Michigan, school bombing ; Columbine massacre ; Laurie Dann ; Kip Kinkel ; Adam Lanza ; Barry Loukaitis ; Patrick Purdy ; Evan Ramsey ; Charles Carl Roberts IV ; Steubenville High School rape case ; Jeff Weiss ; Phoebe Prince, bullycide ; Amanda Todd, bullycide ; Part II. Break the cycle ; Geoffrey Canada ; Riane Eisler, JD ; Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) ; Jackson Katz ; Paul Kivel ; Hank Nuwer ; StopBullying.gov ; Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE)

5. Data and documents. Data: Trends in school-associated violent deaths, 1992-2010 ; Percentage of students in grades 9-12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least one time during the previous 12 months, by grade: Various years, 1993-2009 ; Percentage of public and private school teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury or that they were physically attacked by a student from school during the previous 12 months, by locale and instructional level: School year 2007-2008 ; Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported criminal victimization at school during the previous six months, by type of victimization: Various years, 1995-2009 ; Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported that gangs were present at school during the school year, by urbanicity: 2007 and 2009 ; Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being targets of hate-related words and seeing hate-related graffiti at school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: 2009 ; Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, by selected bullying problems and sex, 2009 ; Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported cyberbullying problems anywhere during the school year, by selected bullying problems and sex: 2009 ; Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported avoiding school activities or one or more places in school because of fear of attack or harm during the school year: 2009 ; Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported selected security measures at school: Various years, 1999-2009

Documents: Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act ; Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2013 ; Barack Obama's statement on the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut ; The myths about bullying: Secretary Arne Duncan's remarks at the Bullying Prevention Summit

6. Resources for further research. Books: School violence ; Bullying ; Specific cases ; Hazing ; Civil liberties ; Gender ; Dating and sexual violence ; Suicide, eating disorders, and self-harm ; Theories and explanations ; Responses ; Media ; Recommended journals ; Journal articles, 2010-Present ; Websites and organizations ; Films

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