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Southwest Texas State Univ., San Marcos. Center for Juvenile Delinquency Prevention. – 1979
Written to help school administrators and community leaders, this pamphlet discusses school vandalism and ways to prevent it. The first sections highlight the physical, financial, and social costs of vandalism and present a profile of the typical vandal--a young teenage boy. The following sections review the psychological reasons for vandalism,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime Prevention, Educational Change, Educational Facilities Design
Morgenstern, Robert E. – 1980
A contemporary theory of behavior is that faulty patterns of thinking divide the criminal from the noncriminal. The causation of school violence is children choosing to be violent; and the problem of school violence is acceptance of their choice. Short-term control measures are adherence to systematic school rules, use of technology, security…
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Behavior Theories, Commercial Television, Criminal Law
Odell, John H. – PEB Exchange, 1997
There are many reasons why a school should plan for extending its facilities' hours of use and making them available to the community. Benefits include improving cost effectiveness in using limited resources, improving security, promoting the school, enhancing staff's potential to offer industry-related training and expertise, and enriching…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Schools, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
Cooze, Jim – Education Canada, 1995
Each year, millions of Canadian taxpayers' dollars are spent on repairing or replacing school property because of student vandalism. The literature reveals that there is no single factor that fully explains the causes of student vandalism. Includes strategies for combatting school vandalism that focus on the school environment, the school system,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Crime Prevention, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Planning, Research and Evaluation. – 1978
This report, one of two related volumes, is the work of an Illinois task force on school violence and vandalism. It contains detailed recommendations to local districts plus a list and a brief description of resources that they can use to plan programs for reducing school and community violence and vandalism. Specific recommendations discussed…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
Center for Human Services, Washington, DC. – 1980
This guide, intended for participants in the fifth course of the National School Resource Network Core Curriculum, contains an activity/content summary for each module of the course, worksheets, and background materials. Designed to address the full range of preventive measures utilized to improve the security of the school both during and after…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Information Sources
Center for Human Services, Washington, DC. – 1980
This publication lists a comprehensive collection of over 900 documents and resources that deal with a range of issues concerned specifically with the prevention of school violence and vandalism, and more generally with education, youth, and juvenile justice. The kinds of resources listed include research studies, works designed for education or…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Discipline, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kazalunas, John R. – Education, 1979
Discusses the personal, familial, and educational causes of the emergence of student violence since the 1950s. Suggests how counselors can better relate to each individual student and how teachers, parents, and counselors can work together to help reduce school violence. (SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Objectives, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Attitudes
Coe, Beatrice – FE Matters, 1997
A study examined what further education colleges in Britain were doing about security and what they planned for the future. A literature search found that a PEST (Political/legal, Economic, Sociocultural, and Technological) analysis was one way to examine the differential impact of external influences. A PEST analysis offered a strategy for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alarm Systems, Campuses, Crime
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Div. of Educational Administration. – 1980
This handbook is designed to assist persons who are concerned with preventing or minimizing property damage to schools through vandalism, arson, and theft, and with avoiding bodily injuries in and around school buildings. Many of the suggestions, while directed at the planning of new buildings, can be adapted to lessen the incidence of vandalism…
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Check Lists, Construction Materials, Educational Facilities
Arsulich, Michael – 1979
The nature of school discipline problems has changed over the past few decades. In the 1950s, teachers thought that fighting, stealing, and disrespect toward authority were the most serious forms of student misbehavior. Violent assaults on teachers and pupils, gang warfare, burglary, extortion, and destruction of school property are included among…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Corporal Punishment, Delinquency Causes
Mancuso, William A. – Executive Educator, 1983
Describes efforts of Washington Township (New Jersey) which have resulted in cutting vandalism over a three-year period to a quarter of its previous level. Outlines and prices alternative school alarm systems and offers a 30-item checklist for control of arson, burglary, and vandalism. (JMB)
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Check Lists, Crime Prevention, Electronic Equipment
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
The methodologies, instruments, and procedures that were used by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in conducting its part of the Safe School Study are described in detail. The report focuses on methods, the rationale for their selection, and their implementation. It also addresses various practical problems encountered. The sample design is…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Methods
Jaslow, Carol K. – 1978
This collection of ERIC documents is designed to identify useful resources for anyone working with problems of violence or vandalism in an educational setting. These documents represent a computer search of the ERIC database covering the period of November, 1966 through May, 1978. The materials reviewed here address the following areas of concern:…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Counselor Role, Educational Legislation, Educational Problems
Deaver, Philip – 1976
This paper was prepared by members of the National Community Education Association's Committee on Violence and Vandalism in the Schools as a review of the literally hundreds of pounds of information, research, and news generated on this topic. The purpose of this review is to indicate how community education coordinators and directors can…
Descriptors: Community Education, Crime, Delinquency, Discipline Policy
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