School Violence: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

All across the United States, from urban areas to suburbs and rural districts, children are carrying weapons to school as many as 100,000 guns every day, according to a recent Department of Justice report. School Violence focuses on the current situation regarding violence in schools, including theories of violence, the availability of weapons to children, the legal system, and preventive measures, both physical and sociological, now being taken to curb and eliminate the critical problem of school violence.