Catastrophic school violence : a new approach to prevention / Jared M. Scherz and Donna Scherz.

Author/creator Scherz, Jared M. author.
Other author Scherz, Donna, author.
Format Book
PublicationLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Descriptionxiv, 159 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Section 1: Understanding Violence: Defining the Problem -- Violence Re-defined -- Section 2: The Perpetrator: Defining the School Shooter -- The Psychosocial 'Profile' -- A Shooter's Decline -- Communication across the Hallway -- Section 3: School Culture and Violence: School Culture & Organizational Health -- Dimensions of Culture -- The Retributionist's Perception of School Culture -- Section 4: A New Paradigm: Whole School Transformation -- Constructive Differencing -- The Roots of Profiling -- Reverse Profiling.
Abstract This book delves deep into school culture and the school shooter. The authors generate a more comprehensive picture of school violence including the personal, interpersonal, and environmental factors that help to generate a school serial killer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2014014840
ISBN9781610489850 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1610489853 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781610489867 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1610489861 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks LB3013.32 .S318 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold