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Being Down: Challenging Violence in Urban Schoolsreviewed by Peter Lucas - 2003 Title: Being Down: Challenging Violence in Urban Schools Author(s): Ronnie Casella Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York ISBN: 0807741477 , Pages: 175, Year: 2001 Search for book at Amazon.com In the late 1990s, images of school violence exploded across the
media with the emergence of spree killings at suburban schools in
Jonesboro, Arkansas; Littleton, Colorado; and Springfield, Oregon,
which have become worldwide emblems of violence and
schooling. In the wake of these tragedies, these schools had
to respond immediately to the consequences of violence and
collective trauma. No one was prepared. But each one of
these schools had to implement a safety plan for the future.
During this same time, many educational researchers (myself
included) were studying the consequences of school violence and
safety plans in urban schools that were struggling with
violence since the late 1980s. The large urban public high
schools such as those in the New York City Public School
System (where I was conducting my research) were the first school
systems to implement safety plans. Smaller cities, which
shared many of the social problems of larger urban centers, were
the next systems to experiment with various safety
provisions. Finally, after the famous spree killings,... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Peter Lucas
New York University E-mail Author PETER LUCAS has taught human rights education and urban education studies at New York University since 1996. His research and writings have focused on school violence in New York, violence prevention education in the schools, international human rights education, the role of photography and film in human rights witnessing, and violence and public safety in Rio de Janeiro. He is currently writing a book about the representation of violence and peace in the Brazilian human rights movement.
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