School Violence and Primary Prevention Book

Contributors xi

List of Tables xxi

List of Figures xxiii

1 School-Related Violence and Prevention: Editorial Introduction Thomas W. Miller 1

I Theory, Assessment, and Forms of School Violence

2 School-Related Violence: Definition, Scope, and Prevention Goals Thomas W. Miller Robert F. Kraus 15

3 The Neurobiology of Violence and Victimization William P. French 25

4 Threat Assessment in School Violence Connie Callahan 59

5 Social Information Processing and Aggression in Understanding School Violence: An Application of Crick and Dodge's Model Amy Nigoff 79

6 The Roles of Morality Development and Personal Power in Mass School Shootings Ken Kyle Stephen Thompson 95

7 Multiple Contextual Levels of Risk for Peer Victimization: A Review with Implications for Prevention and Intervention Efforts Noel A. Card Jenny Isaacs Ernest V. E. Hodges 125

8 Assessment of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Clinical Measures, Evaluation, and Treatment Mark V. Sapp 155

9 Impact of Trauma in School Violence on the Victim and the Perpetrator: A Mental Health Perspective Lane J. Veltkamp Amy Lawson 185

10 Boundary Violations: Harassment, Exploitation, and Abuse Thomas W. Miller Lane J. Veltkamp 201

11 Cliques and Cults as a Contributor to Violence in the School Environment Thomas W. Miller Thomas F. Holcomb Robert F. Kraus 215

II Treatment and Prevention of Violence in the Schools

12 Violence In Our Schools Matt Thompson Bobbie Burcham Kathy McLaughlin 229

13 The Role of Teachers in School Violence and Bullying Prevention Jina S. Yoon Elizabeth Barton 249

14 Developmental Issues in the Prevention of Aggression and Violence in School Paul Boxer Andrew TerranovaSarah Savoy Sara E. Goldstein 277

15 Bullies and Victims at School: Perspectives and Strategies for Primary Prevention Christian Berger Ramin Karimpour Philip C. Rodkin 295

16 The Psychiatrist's Role After a School Shooting: The Emergency Room and Beyond Elissa P. Benedek Praveen Kambam 323

17 Current Perspectives on Linking School Bullying Research to Effective Prevention Strategies Dorothy L. Espelage Susan M. Swearer 335

18 School Shootings in Middle School, High School, and College: Clinical Management and School Interventions for High-Risk Students Thomas W. Miller William Weitzel Janet Lane 355

19 Character Education as a Prevention Strategy for School-Related Violence Thomas W. Miller Robert F. Kraus Lane J. Veltkamp 377

20 The Bully Free Program: A Profile for Prevention in the School Setting Allan Beane Thomas W. Miller Rick Spurling 391

21 A Series of Culturally Relevant Models to Prevent School-Age Youth Violence: A 4-Year (2001-2005) Family and Community Violence Prevention Study Laxley W. Rodney Rameshwar P. Srivastava Dana L. Johnson 407

22 Prevention of School Violence: Directions, Summary, and Conclusions J. Robert McLaughlin Thomas W. Miller 445

Index 445