School Violence Essay -- Bullying in Schools

School violence has become a matter of increasing concern in recent years. With the occurrence of incidents such as Columbine, more schools are becoming aware of and concerned with a rise in teenage/school violence. Violence is a broad consideration to define but in its simplest terms, can be defined as a verbal, visual, or physical act intended to demean, harm, or impinge upon anothers civil rights, (Kopka, 175). In 1977, the National Alliance for Safe Schools was founded by Peter Blauvelt. This organization was formed with the intent of providing technical assistance, training and explore to school districts concerned with increasing incidents of serious, disruptive student behavior, (Kopka, 36). The NASS conducts seminars, workshops, and school security sound judgments to help schools prevent and deal with violence in our schools. These security assessments are utile to schools as they provide school administrators with an accurate assessment of their preparedness to de al with a security issue. Then in 1983, the Center for Disease Control and legal profession began working in violence prevention by coordinating activities and programs for Public Health Service. They first seek to define the problem through surveillance and assessment methods. Then they develop and test intervention methods for their effectiveness in dealing with the problem. In the mid-1980s, violence was first defined as a public wellness issue. As violent acts become increasingly prevalent in our nations schools, violence among youth is now recognized as a major(ip) public health issue that must be addressed by administrators, educators, family and community members, lawmakers and health care professionals, (Kopka, 1). This declaration sparked the... ...ontinues intervention through the 12th grade, (Kopka, 18). some schools implement programs to assist in violence prevention and counseling such as peer-mentoring, conflict resolution, early intervention, dating-violence intervention, gang and drug prevention and peer leadership and mediator programs. School violence is becoming more and more of a serious issue in our nations schools. It interferes with a healthy development environment and only has negative effects on both its victims and perpetrators. And although no school is immune from violence, schools can better prepare themselves to deal with incidents by educating themselves (both students and staff) and offering prevention programs as well as assistance for victims. School violence is an issue that effects the whole school and community and the first step to dealing with it is recognizing it.