School Shootings

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The paper shows how school shootings have made the news for over a decade now, but the roots of these shootings go back many years. The paper examines how school shootings are another way our society is becoming more violent, unhappy and consumed with hatred. They indicate problems at the very root of society; children are supposed to be the hope for the future but they increasingly do not see a future ahead of them. The paper suggests that creating a less violent society might help decrease school shootings. The paper discusses how school shootings are the result of a disintegrating society and to fix the problem, society needs to change.

From the Paper:

"School violence is not a new phenomenon. The first study of school violence occurred in the 1970s, when the federal government sent the Safe School Study to principles, students, and teachers around the country (Kondrasuk et al.). Some of the first modern recorded school violence began in the 1970s, and has continued until today. Many people feel school violence is on the rise, and that may be true. A group of authors cite, "The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) stated that 71% of public elementary and secondary schools experienced at least one violent incident in the 1999-2000 school year and 36% reported at least one violent crime to the police during that time" (Kondrasuk et al.)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Editors. "Deadly Lessons: School Shooters Tell Why." Chicago Sun Times. 2000. 15 Nov. 2006.< http://powerreporting.com/files/shoot.pdf/ >
• Goetting, Ann. "Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 37.1 (2006): 148+.
• Hancock, Lynnell. "The School Shootings: Why Context Counts." Columbia Journalism Review May 2001: 76.
• Kondrasuk, Jack N., et al. "Violence Affecting School Employees." Education 125.4 (2005): 638+.
• Morgan, Ernest. "School Shootings-A Symptom." The Humanist Sept. 1999: 4.

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