Since the year 2000, there have been approximately 200 school
shootings in the United States. Unfortunately, this is not simply a
U.S. problem. In 2017, a 15-year-old Canadian male student
committed suicide after shooting two other students and a teacher.
During that same year, in Brazil, a private school student fatally
shot two classmates and injured four. In 2018, a 13-year-old
Russian girl opened fire with a gas pistol and injured seven 7th
graders. Hence, school violence is a problem of global concern. The
purpose of this proposed text is to address this international
problem from a crime and criminal justice perspective. The school
shooting at Columbine in 1999 gave politicians and the media the
event that they had sought to spotlight the cruel and evil world of
teens. Reporters, who did little to explore other incidents in the
country related to child abuse, domestic violence, or gang warfare,
quickly flocked to Littleton, Colorado to discuss the youth culture
of bullying, violent video games, and dressing in black. However,
is violence within the school environment really a new problem? The
history of school violence follows the pattern of what most would
consider the history of education. In 1913, a German teacher shot
and killed four students and injured more than 20. In 1923, a
headmaster killed two students in New Zealand. In 1925, a
Lithuanian student killed two students and a teacher and, in the
United States, in 1966, the infamous University of Texas Tower
Shooting occurred. All individuals agree that a child attending
school should be concerned with the process of learning, not with
avoiding victimization and that the school environment should be a
safe and secure location for both students and teachers. In
addition, and most central to this text, without a safe school
environment, students and teachers may be assaulted, injured, or
killed. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, current
research has shown a decline in the rates of school violence over
the past three years; however, the few high-profile cases broadcast
repeatedly in the media lead the public to other conclusions.
Included in this textbook are definitions related to the types and
categories of school violence (including bullying, stalking, and
crimes against students that involve the internet), discussions on
victims and offenders, and case examples. Also included in this
textbook is information on criminal justice system responses to
school violence from both a national and international perspective.
Finally, this text discussed adult perpetrators of school violence
and the explanations for such attacks.
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