Preventing and reducing violence in schools and society / Swaranjit Singh, Nancy D. Erbe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singh, Swaranjit, 1959- author.

Erbe, Nancy, author.

Series:

Advances in educational marketing, administration, and leadership (AEMAL) book series.

Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership (AEMAL) Book Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School violence--Prevention--Case studies.

School violence.

Violence--Prevention--Case studies.

Violence.

Violence--Social aspects--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 331 pages) : color chart.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book focuses on preventing violence in the contemporary world with a special focus on schools and societies around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1. It is time to start serious eradication of root causes. Chapter 1. Using human-centered trade policies to end violence in Africa: how intracontinental trade can shape human rights policies and end state violence ; Chapter 2. Intersectional dialogue while combating LGBT-phobia in schools ; Chapter 3. Reflection on how national and gender culture can nourish and promote violence and what American culture must face and change to reduce violence: narrative inquiry within complex self-reinforcing destructive systems

Section 2. The developed world unraveling: preparing for the worst. Chapter 4. Variation in state-level response to school shootings ; Chapter 5. "We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way": selling chauvinism in the South ; Chapter 6. Changing the mindset in higher education: the critical need for active shooter training in campus communities

Section 3. The essential and transformational promise of schools and education around the world. Chapter 7. Resolving conflicts and preventing violence in Italian schools ; Chapter 8. Peace studies at a california community college ; Chapter 9. How to create sustainable nonviolence curriculum in public schools in Sweden: a case study

Section 4. Conflict resolution education and restorative discipline. Chapter 10. Restorative approaches to honoring human dignity and transforming urban schools ; Chapter 11. Preventing and transforming violence: mindfulness and conflict skills ; Chapter 12. Nonviolent discipline practices within classrooms: best practices from a trauma-informed perspective.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781799840732

OCLC:

1141951289