School Violence - Crisis and Opportunity: The Definitive Book About School Violence

No other book about school violence encompasses the scope and the depth of this book. No other book on the subject recognizes the necessarily broad range of social scientific perspectives, which lead to effective answers to the question of why young people behave violently. Other books tend to emphasize a psychological perspective. This book is based on research from the broad spectrum of disciplines that seek to understand human behavior, including anthropology, psychology, sociology, the neurosciences, criminology, media studies and juvenile justice. The scholarship and critical analysis looks at root causes rather than symptoms and therefor deals with prevention rather than intervention. This book brings into account some of the many questions related to school violence. Questions such as: What is human nature and what is its relationship to violent behavior? What effects do violent media and video games have on the brain? Why don't school violence protection programs work? What is a research-based projection of future school violence?