Dangerous Schools: What We Can Do about the Physical and Emotional Abuse of Our Children

by Irwin A. Hyman

Book Overview

From the inner-city to the suburbs, thousands of school childrenare being systematically subjected to mandatory classroom policieswhich inflict both physical and emotional harm. Hundreds of schoolofficials from across the country have been found guilty of sexualharassment, the illegal use of undercover agents, strip searches, corporal punishment, verbal abuse, punitive isolation, and otherforms of institutional abuse. In Dangerous Schools, Professor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787943630
• ISBN13: 9780787943639
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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