Florence Denmark / Uwe Gielen / Herbert H. Krauss / Elizabeth Midlarsky / R. Wesner (eds.)

Violence in Schools

Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Herausgegeben:Denmark, Florence; Gielen, Uwe; Krauss, Herbert H.; Midlarsky, Elizabeth; Wesner, R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

- Provide up-to-date knowledge about the nature of school violence, its etiology, epidemiology, and impact

- Analyzes school violence through a multicultural and international perspective

- The lead editor, Florence Denmark, is an internationally-recognized scholar and former APA president and a recipient of the 2004 Gold Medal Awards for Life Achievement from the American Psychological Foundation (APF)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• 2005
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780387231990
• ISBN-10: 0387231994
• Artikelnr.: 13875795

Autorenporträt

Florence Denmark, Pace University, New York, NY, USA / Uwe Gielen, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY, USA / Herbert H. Krauss, Pace University, New York, NY, USA / Elizabeth Midlarsky, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Violence in the Schools: An Introduction.- Conceptualizing Violence.- A History of Violence in the Schools.- Warning Signs: School Violence Prevention.- Developmental Aspects of School Violence.- Gender and Ethnicity Issues in School Violence.- Sexual Violence in the Schools.- A Transgenerational Persepective on Peace and Violence Prevention.- Bullying and Ijime in Japanese Schools: A Sociocultural Perspective.- A Perspective on Child Abuse in the Philippines: Looking at Institutional Factors.- Manifestations of Violence in Arab Schools and Procedures for Reducing It.- Violence in Schools - Australia.- Predicting School Violence.- Preventing Violence in Schools: Lessons from King and Gandhi.- What Can We Do About Violence?- Summary and Conclusion.