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Violence by Children in Schools and the Community

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Introduction

Youth violence is a highly publicized issue and has received national attention within the last 15 years due to school shootings that questioned the safety of public schools. In 1998, the media coverage of the Columbine shootings and the school shootings in Jonesboro, Arkansas, gripped the country and brought school safety into national awareness (Muschert, 2009). In response to these events, public demand for greater school safety prompted the implementation of a number of school violence prevention programs in order to curtail youth violence. More recently, cases of suicides related to bullying have moved school districts and policymakers to develop anti-bullying laws (Smith, 2011). Youth homicides occurring at school, however, are less than 2 % of all youth homicides, and youth suicides occurring at school are less than 1 % of all youth suicides (Robers, Zhang, & Truman, 2010). It would appear that schools are indeed safe environments for children and adolescents.

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    Courtney Swisher Banks

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  3. Texas A&M University, 1800 Holleman Dr. 217B, 77840, College Station, TX, USA

    Ryne Pulido

  4. Texas A&M University, 1903 Dartmouth St #1507, 77840, College Station, TX, USA

    Jessica E. Vaughan-Jensen

  5. Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, 706 Harrington MS 4225, 77843, College Station, TX, USA

    Jamilia J. Blake

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Banks, C.S., Lund, E.M., Pulido, R., Vaughan-Jensen, J.E., Blake, J.J. (2014). Violence by Children in Schools and the Community. In: Gullotta, T.P., Bloom, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5999-6_103

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