School Violence: Fears Versus Facts

by Dewey Cornell

Book Overview

Illustrated with numerous case studies-many drawn from the author's work as a forensic psychologist-this book identifies 19 myths and misconceptions about youth violence, from ordinary bullying to rampage shootings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805854231
• ISBN13: 9780805854237
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Important read for educators, parents, and professionals

The summary of this book is that homocide/suicide that is school based is due to the fact that they the victim/perpetrator have been bullied by others. The author has done a wonderful job of doing exactly what he says, looking at facts vs. fiction. He brings up statistics that are well known and gets to the bottom of where they came from. As a professional, reading a book that is putting things in laymen's terms can get kind of boring so I skimmed through redundancy or items that I am pretty aware of already. Also, I am not to concerned with the numbers and all the details about the meaning of the numbers. What I was most interested in were the facts, as in psychoanalysis or case studies, behind the scenes information, things I never knew about the stories I was hearing on televsion. I still haven't finished this book yet and I would like to know more about solutions which I think could be answered with wrap-around services in a collaboration between community, government, and schools. In the meantime, I have underlined a great many things and I have written things down in the margins. This is a good reference book that is a must have. The next book that I think people should buy, which I already have, is Phyllis Chessler's book, Women's Inhumanity to Women. Both Dr. Cornell's book and Chessler's are talking about bullying from different perspectives. Each contribute a wealth of information that would delight the ears of professionals who work with children.