Does School Violence Starts at Home?
Does School Violence Starts at Home?
Rebecca Campbell
PSY 496 Applied Project
Jason Etchegaray
December 10, 2011
Abstract The best place to start is understanding the cause of school violence and then one can understand what to do to work toward a prevention. In this qualitative research plan, I will be gathering data and putting it all together to come up with a decision as to whether school violence starts at home, looking at different problems that may occur and problems with obtaining the weapons and whether or not the home environment is the problem. I will be using archival and previously recorded sources of data. This type of study will be done through data collection but will leave room to further the research. This article will cover some of the possible causes of school violence including domestic abuse, gang activity, drugs, depression, and anger issues. It will cover the involvement of parents, teachers, and other students. Problems to be faced are when and where the children get the guns that they use to reek havoc, looking into home life and dysfunctional families, children that are not popular and are picked on continually, children that can not deal with anger issues, and those who joke about committing violence. The variables used in this paper are different schools and different children and their home and school life. Is the family dysfunctional? How well does the child deal with every day stressors? How does the child feel, is he/she feeling isolated from family or friends? Are the children giving clues that they plan to kill or are thinking about violence? Each of these variables will change the outcome of different situations of violence.
Does School Violence Start at Home? Does school violence start at home? Could there be other reasons for school violence?The violence in Littleton, Colorado known as the Columbine Tragedy is just one example. There are also tragedies, or attacks, in Jonesboro Arkansas
Rebecca Campbell
PSY 496 Applied Project
Jason Etchegaray
December 10, 2011
Abstract The best place to start is understanding the cause of school violence and then one can understand what to do to work toward a prevention. In this qualitative research plan, I will be gathering data and putting it all together to come up with a decision as to whether school violence starts at home, looking at different problems that may occur and problems with obtaining the weapons and whether or not the home environment is the problem. I will be using archival and previously recorded sources of data. This type of study will be done through data collection but will leave room to further the research. This article will cover some of the possible causes of school violence including domestic abuse, gang activity, drugs, depression, and anger issues. It will cover the involvement of parents, teachers, and other students. Problems to be faced are when and where the children get the guns that they use to reek havoc, looking into home life and dysfunctional families, children that are not popular and are picked on continually, children that can not deal with anger issues, and those who joke about committing violence. The variables used in this paper are different schools and different children and their home and school life. Is the family dysfunctional? How well does the child deal with every day stressors? How does the child feel, is he/she feeling isolated from family or friends? Are the children giving clues that they plan to kill or are thinking about violence? Each of these variables will change the outcome of different situations of violence.
Does School Violence Start at Home? Does school violence start at home? Could there be other reasons for school violence?The violence in Littleton, Colorado known as the Columbine Tragedy is just one example. There are also tragedies, or attacks, in Jonesboro Arkansas
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