Youth Violence
Resources and articles on violence in schools, youth violence and conflicts, causes and factors of school violence, youth violence causes and conflict resolution. The public schools of America seem to have become battlefields for gangs and other rival groups, or firing ranges for youngsters with serious social and psychological problems. Is it safe to send our children to school? The increasing popularity of home schooling, and rising enrollments in parochial schools seem to indicate that, for many parents, the answer is "No!" What effect does rising violence have on children, even those who are not directly involved? Many parents, teachers and educators are deeply concerned about these issue. Learn more about this problem, and potential solutions, by following the links on this page.
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| Red Lake Shootings: Fatal Shortcomings of Tribal Sovereignty School killer Jeff Weise was a lost soul in a bleak setting. |
School Killer Jeff Weise Was a Lost Soul in a Bleak Setting In August 2001, two years after the Columbine school shooting, a reporter from the St Paul Pioneer went to Red Lake... |
| Worst School Shooting Since Columbine Claims Ten Lives Waving and smiling, 17-year old Jeff Weise gunned down five students, a teacher, a guard, and his grandparents Monday in a... |
Ten Dead in Us School Shooting · Teenager shot dead five students and teacher · Grandfather and security guard also killed · Gunman committed suicide,... |
| Eight Die in Us Student Gun Rampage A high school student shot his grandparents dead and then walked through the corridors of his school in northern Minnesota... |
Youth and Crime: The Road to Whatever Middle-Class Culture and the Crisis of Adolescence. Elliott Currie is a professor of criminology and an expert on youth and... |
| Protecting Your Child From Teasing And Bullying When one child or several repeatedly tease, taunt, threaten or physically abuse another child - happens to children of all... |
Marked for Death, the Tattoo Gang Kids of Honduras Rebel youths pay a terrible price under zero tolerance, Honduras-style. |
| Bullying: How You Can Help Your Child Avoid It For lots of kids, it’s exciting to go back to school each fall. What parents often overlook is the fact that it can also be... |
Terrorism in the Schoolyard: The Dynamics of School Violence This article attempts to explain the how dynamics of childhood culture relate to school violence. |
| Domestic Violence Statistics The marked reduction in domestic violence in the last decade and the fact that different societies and cultures have widely... |
US Dance Step Banned Because of Association With Gang Violence A dance step that has been described as "hopscotch on crack" has been banned in schools because of its... |
| Eighteen Killed in German School Shooting Two teachers and a policeman were among 18 people killed today and at least six other people were injured after two gunmen... |
Youth sport and violence The recent coverage of the murder trial and subsequent conviction of a father who killed another father over a disagreement... |
| Teaching Children Morality Teaching children how to do the right thing presents a challenge to parents in the twenty-first century, but a new book... |
YOUTH SPORTS: Is violence out of control? Has violence crept into youth sports? And, how can it be tempered now that the genie is out of the proverbial bottle? |