School Violence and Primary Prevention (Paperback)

Part 1. Theoretical Issues & Assessment of School Violence.- The Trauma of School Violence.- Clinical Processing of Trauma in Children.- Assessment of Violence potential among school children.- Developmental Issues in School Based Aggression Prevention from a social cognitive perspective.- Assessment of sexual abuse and trauma: Clinical measures.- A Comparison of two school-based Conflict Management Programs.- Incidence and Prevalence of School Violence.- Part II: Bullying and Abusive Behavior.- Prevention Intervention strategies for Bullying Behavior in the schools.- Sexual Boundary Violations in the schools: Recognition and Prevention.- Bullying Behavior: What is the potential for school violence.- Understanding mass school shootings: Links between person hood power in a competitive school environment.- Part III: The Influence of Culture on School Violence.- Clinical and Cultural Issues in Diagnosing and Treating Child Victims of Peer Abuse.- Body Image, exercise dependence and cultural expectations in the school setting.- School based cults and Violence: Clinical Issues and Case Study.- Impact of Culturally relevant violence prevention.- Part IV:Prevention Interventions.- Recognition and Management of Peer Violence in the Schools.- Clinical Pathways for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Victims of School Violence.- Effectiveness of violence prevention curriculum among elementary children.- Character Education As a Preventive Strategy in School Violence.- Part V: Future Directions.- School Bullying & Victimization: Lessons Learned.- Legislating School Crisis Response: Good Policy or Just Good Politics?.- Violence in the Schools: Clinical issues and case analysis for high-risk children.- Acceptability and Student Outcomes of a Violence Prevention Curriculum.- Violence Prevention Interventions: Barriers and Solutions.- School Violence Prevention: Current Status & Policy Recommendations.