1. Introduction School is a medium that seeks to promote positive direction to learners. It serves to instil knowledge and skills needed for them to contribute to their communities. However, within this positive image, it has become evident that schools are infiltrated by violence. Burton and Leoschut (2012) see violence as something which does not start in schools; or is initiated by learners only. It has come to attention that violence comes from teachers as well. In an attempt to understand the
School violence hits every newspaper headline each day. It’s an act that has brought enormous losses to respective institutions, students and staffs. Research has shown that students find it as the only best alternative to air their grievances yet there are many other remedies for the same. As a result institutions are closed indefinitely, learning programs are interrupted, premises and machinery are destroyed. In the long run, does this provide solution to the grievances presented? No is the best
School violence is on the rise in the United States. Other modern democratic nations have far lower rates of school violence than the U.S. Schools in the United States must conduct a threat/hazard assessment to identify and define the threats and hazards that could cause harm while complying with existing gun safety laws to lower and attempt to eliminate the rising levels of school violence. Every school shooting in the U.S. inevitably forces its way to the political arena, with the debate over gun
This paper investigates the relationship between gang-related violence in schools and street gangs. The author came across the conception that gang-related violence that takes place in schools is triggered by the street gang activities and lifestyle that come to pass in the community, which can be formulated in two fashion, in term of gang learners being part of the street gang and conducting part of their activities in the school grounds. While on the other side, the gang learners are forming their
Violence is no joke. It is a deadly weapon. As we all know, teenagers’ violence is a major problem in American society, especially in Philadelphia, which I have nicknamed “Killadelphia.” Not long ago, a 15-year-old student opened fire on his classmates, killing 2 and injuring 13 others. Some come with knives and guns, threatening to kill other classmates and teachers. Shocking incidents like these cannot be brushed off and forgotten about like they never happened for the simple fact that it will
In Vietnam, school violence nowadays has been considered as one of the most serious public education issues because of numerous detrimental impacts on students’ character, behavior and development. Admittedly, a lot of recent surveys of violence at schools have made not only the education system in general but also schools and parents in particular indeed worried. Many evidences show that the frequency of violent situations now is much higher than that in the past and the seriousness has risen to
Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi. Students were standing around talking to their friends, planning the day’s events when a Luke Woodham, wearing a long trench coat to hide his weapon. Shots rang out in the common area of the high school where he wounded 7 and killed 2 teenagers. This marked the first of many tragic school shooting in America. The reasons for mass shooting is very important. To treat the cause of such violence is absolutely where the focus on how to stop such violence should
Violence in Schools: Causes and Solutions Violence is no longer an unexpected issue around the world. It occurs everywhere, from the closest places to us, such as our neighbourhood, to the places where our parents have put us for our own benefits, which are schools. Our parents and guardians have trusted schools to be the safest place besides our house, where we can learn, mingle, and live our childhood with exultation and gratification. Nevertheless, it’s also no longer a secret that schools are
Chapter 1-Introduction School violence in the secondary school system has been on the increase over the last fifteen years from gang activity, attack with a weapon, rape, larceny, bullying, kidnapping to the worst case scenario of murder allegedly committed by students. The criminal behaviour of secondary school behaviour in Trinidad and Tobago concerning school violence is grabbing everyone’s attention and is being spoken about regularly in a negative manner like there is no hope. This is of major
This paper investigates the relationship between gang-related violence in schools and street gangs. The author came across the conception that gang-related violence that takes place in schools is triggered by the street gang activities and lifestyle that come to pass in the community, which can be formulated in two fashion, in term of gang learners being part of the street gang and conducting part of their activities in the school grounds. While on the other side, the gang learners are forming their