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Violence in Schools, Colleges & Universities (Hardcover)
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Three decades ago this year (2017), Woodrow W. Clark completed his
PhD thesis at the University of California, Berkeley on Violence in
Public Schools. Back then, it was a big topic that gained a lot of
attention. Clark spent a decade after that in the media doing
documentaries on this topic and other social issues, such as sexual
harassment, healthcare and baby boomers, along with a dramatic
project on what happened to the American Dream based on the demise
of the automotive industry in Detroit. All of these topics are
relevant and important today. Now, violence in public schools has
been expanded from K-12 to colleges and universities due to the
increasing amount of violence at that level. Hence, Clark and Kuhn
have written a book that looks at the problem of school violence
from both a qualitative and quantitative perspective. A key issue
then and now is that violence in any institution such as factories,
businesses, and even law firms can be seen as coming from people
associated with them and from within them. Hence, most violence in
schools is a result of people who are students and even former
faculty. The problem is also not just physical violence, but also
the psychological violence that the perpetrator had experienced
while in their educational environment. Once readers realize the
reasons behind violence are psychological, the history of violence
can be seen as directly connected to the economic priorities that
education takes. Most of the money in education goes to the top
performers in academics and sports who represent only 10% of the
student and staff population. This tactic and focus ignores the
other 90%. Hence, when people need help in their studies or even
extracurricular activities, there are few resources. The result is
often bullying and discrimination. Though the solutions to violence
absolutely include security and psychological support, it is the
financial resources that are spread out among all levels of
students and staff that prove most affective. New programs that
address race, sex and career support are needed, as well as
security within the institutions themselves. This book provides
many cases/examples of what needs to be done and what can be done
now to prevent violence tomorrow.
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