Violence occurring in South African schools takes various forms and is a concern for all stakeholders. All forms of violence have negative effects, i.e. physical and psychological, educational damage and societal breakdown. The overall aim of the study reported on here was to explore the nature, causes and consequences of school violence, and then…

This issue of "Issues in Prevention" focuses on the role of enforcement in prevention. This issue contains the following articles: (1) What the Evidence Tells Us about the Role of Enforcement in Prevention; (2) Campus Briefs; (3) Q&A with Charles Cychosz; and (4) Higher Education Center Resources.

Although the problem identified drugs as the biggest problem facing toady's schools in the 1986 Gallup Poll Survey on education, only 16% of parents listed drugs. This handbook presents an action plan to overcome the denial of the drug problem in schools and a sets forth a comprehensive program to eliminate alcohol and other drugs from schools. In…