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Aarons, Dakarai I. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
In the wake of the beating death of a Chicago high school student in September, law-enforcement officials and educators have called for renewed efforts to stem youth violence. But they also acknowledged that money and programs alone won't solve the problem. U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan traveled to…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Violence, Federal Programs, High School Students
Kantor, Glenda Kaufman; Stevens, Anne O'Brien – 1986
In this decade, the pervasiveness of wife abuse across all segments of society has become more evident to the public, leading to a redefinition of it as criminal. This social change, based on the collective response of feminists, battered women's advocates, and legislators, has altered laws on family violence in some 43 states. While new laws…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Court Litigation, Criminals, Family Violence