What is the definition of school violence?
For most people, being bullied in the school yard is considered a fact of life. However, the number of publicized school shootings over the years has put the spotlight on school violence, leading researchers to study the prevalence of everything from bullying to school shootings and causing schools to clamor for ways to address the violence.DefinitionThe Center for the Prevention of School Violence in the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention says school violence is “any behavior that violates a school’s educational mission or climate of respect or jeopardizes the intent of the school to be free of aggression against persons or property, drugs, weapons, disruptions, and disorder.”MisconceptionsViolence can occur between students and against teachers and administrators as well. Incidents happen in the school, on the bus while traveling to school and over the Internet. Each is recognized as an incident of violence of bullying with a cause that must be s
