Schools, Violence, and Society Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	Violence in the Classroom: A Teacher's Perspective	3
2	Weapon-Carrying in Schools	21
3	The Anatomy of Gangs	33
4	Gangs and School Safety	45
5	Media and Television Violence: Effects on Violence, Aggression, and Antisocial Behaviors in Children	61
6	The Influence of Child Abuse and Family Violence on Violence in the Schools	79
7	Critical Decisions, Critical Elements in an Effective School Security Program	101
8	Legal and Policy Issues of School Violence	123
9	Safe Schools for All	135
10	Communities, Schools, and Violence	153
11	From Fight or Flight to Collaboration: A Framework for Understanding Individual and Institutional Development in the School	163
12	Learning to Care and to Be Cared For	185
13	Victims of Violence: Helping Kids Cope	199
14	NEA's Perspective and Policies on Violence in Schools	225
15	Waging Peace in Our Schools: The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program	241
16	Strategies to Reduce School Violence: The New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution	253
17	The New York City Board of Education and Violence Prevention	265
18	The Virginia Model: School to Community Intervention Techniques to Prevent Violence	275
19	Violence in Schools: The Texas Initiative	297
20	Community Safety Zones: A Plan to Curb Urban Violence	321
	Selected Bibliography	333
	Name Index	339
	Subject Index	343
	About the Contributors	351