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- SEARCHING FOR SAFETY. Winchester, Ruth // Community Care;3/28/2002, Issue 1415, p34
Discusses measures to prevent violence and crime that involved children in Great Britain. Threats to the safety of children; Significance of specialist organizations that offer therapeutic support to child victims; Factors which led to the awareness of crimes against children.
- Students balk at being searched for guns. Wood, Daniel B. // Christian Science Monitor;6/26/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 148, p2
Focuses on a case in which students of Locke High School in South Central Los Angeles, California, have complained about being searched for weapons in violation of school policy. Claims that students have been searched against their will, without warning, and in front of other students; View...
- Stop the violence. Powers, Mike // Human Ecology;Winter95, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p4
Focuses on the psychological and sociological aspects of the violent behavior of children in the United States. Views of James Garbarino, director of Cornell University's Family Life Development Center, on the violent behavior of children; Impact of the social environment; Role of the families...
- FCB Wins Feds' Anti-Violence Gig. Melillo, Wendy // Adweek New England Edition;12/06/99, Vol. 36 Issue 49, p77
Reports that Foote, Cone & Belding (FCB) advertising company has been tapped by the National Campaign Against Youth Violence to create a PSA campaign that would curb violence against students in the United States (US). Plan of FCB to develop an integrated pro bono campaign; Remarks from Jeff...
- `Evil' rediscovered. Byfield, Ted // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;05/17/99, Vol. 26 Issue 21, p44
Comments on the high school massacre in Littleton, Colorado and the subsequent double shooting at Taber, Alberta. The question of how a society solves `evil'; Demand for gun control; Need for parental involvement with children; School discipline; The suggestion for prayer.
- Telling a "Red Flag" from the Real Threat with Students of Today. Brunner, Judy; Lewis, Dennis // Education Digest;Dec2006, Vol. 72 Issue 4, p33
The article focuses on the increasing frequency of students' threats of violence in U.S. secondary schools. The author suggests that many of the words that could be taken as a threat are now part of everyday language, and that many of the threats made do not indicate a real intent on the part of...
- Kids Who Kill. Levy, Terry M.; Orlans, Michael // Forensic Examiner;Mar/Apr1999, Vol. 8 Issue 3/4, p19
The article explores the association among attachment disorder, antisocial personality, and violence in children. According to the author, children with a history of severe attachment disorder develop conduct disordered behavior, which contributes to the formation of an antisocial personality....
- Violence Against Children and the Effect on Education. Amunga, Jane; Maiyoa, Julius; Achokaa, Judy; Ashioya, Irene // Journal of Psychology in Africa;2009, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p119
The study investigated the types of violence and the effect on children's education in Kakamega district, Kenya. Participants were 150 children (58 males, 92 females; age range up to 17 years). Data were collected using a questionnaire. Analysis was done using descriptive statistics (frequencies...
- Comprehending youth violence. Webber, Jo // Remedial & Special Education;Mar/Apr97, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p94
Describes a conceptual model for viewing the trend in youth violence in the United States. Negative family situations; Difficult individual characteristics; Societal factors; Suggested programs, strategies and activities to prevent violence; Continuity in the dysfunctional cycle; Person-focused...
