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School Violence and Primary Prevention

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Editors:
  1. Thomas W. Miller

    1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Department of Gerontology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

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  • Expands upon the first edition with new and updated content on school violence prevention
  • Outlines primary prevention models for addressing violence in the school environment
  • Offers comprehensive coverage of an extremely timely topic with new content on contemporary issues

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Conceptualizing School Violence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. School-Related Violence: Definition, Scope, and Prevention Goals

      • Thomas W. Miller
      Pages 3-18

    3. The Neurobiology of Violence and Victimization: Etiology, Biological Substrates, Clinical Implications, and Preventive Strategies

      • William P. French
      Pages 19-63

    4. Developmental Issues in the Prevention of Aggression and Violence in School

      • Sara E. Goldstein, Andrew M. Terranova, Sarah C. Savoy, Shaniqua Bradley, Jeanie Park, Paul Boxer
      Pages 65-99

    5. Urban School Violence: Responding with Culture and Protective Factors Among Youth of Color

      • Candice M. Wallace, R. Davis Dixon, Zina T. McGee, Linda Malone-Colon
      Pages 101-131

    6. Gendered Harassment in Adolescence

      • Christia Spears Brown, Sharla D. Biefeld, Michelle J. Tam
      Pages 133-152

    7. Intergenerational Experiences of Bullying, Violence, Support and Survival Skills in Schools

      • Dai Williams
      Pages 153-196

  3. Factors and Forms of School Violence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. Updated Perspectives on Linking School Bullying and Related Youth Violence Research to Effective Prevention Strategies

      • Dorothy L. Espelage, Susan M. Swearer
      Pages 199-216

    3. School-Related Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

      • Thomas W. Miller
      Pages 217-229

    4. Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Trafficking of School-Aged Children

      • Annie Farmer
      Pages 231-259

    5. Relationship and Dating Violence in School-Aged Adolescents

      • Barbara Burcham, Mackenzie Leachman, Virginia Luftman
      Pages 261-293

    6. School Shootings and Clinical Management: Directions Toward Prevention

      • Thomas W. Miller
      Pages 295-314

    7. Boundary Violations, Harassment, Abuse, and Exploitation in the School Setting

      • Thomas W. Miller
      Pages 315-330

    8. Harassment, Abuse, and Violence on the College Campus

      • Thomas W. Miller, Barbara Burcham
      Pages 331-343
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About this book

Significant shifts in community violence have created a need for greater awareness of character development and violence prevention in schools. Since the first edition (2008), public concern generated by high-profile shootings and other violence in schools has only increased. Now more than ever, effective strategies for preventing violence, treating victims, and assessing at-risk children are needed. This new edition, an update of contemporary issues of school violence, is a compendium of theory, research, and applied models that addresses violence and critical ingredients in prevention interventions in the school setting. The book uniquely addresses psychiatric input on neurobiology of trauma and victimization of children who experience school violence. 

Authored by clinicians, counselors, educators, researchers, and other professionals, the volume has new approaches to primary prevention in schools and new contributors including a school superintendent, school safety officer, and specialists who treat relationship and dating violence. New topics include guidelines for school personnel that address exploitation of teenagers due to sex trafficking, and perspectives of parents whose children were victims of abuse and violence in schools. Among the topics explored:


  • Developmental Issues in the Prevention of Aggression and Violence in School
  • Updated Perspectives on Linking School Bullying and Related Youth Violence Research to Effective Prevention Strategies
  • The Role of School District Superintendent in School Violence and Prevention: Softening Schools While Hardening Buildings
  • Role of Law Enforcement in School Violence Prevention Through Positive Intervention and Relationship-Building
  • Empowering Children to Prevent Violence  

School Violence and Primary Prevention is a critical and timely resource forschool, medical, and mental health professionals working with children. It is also useful for students in public health, education, social work, psychology, and counseling-focused education.

Reviews

“Dr. Thomas Miller has once again made a major contribution on one of the most pressing issues of our times: school violence. The book covers the expansive landscape of this psychosocial problem including cultural, developmental, intergenerational, racial, and gender aspects as well as proposed approaches and solutions."

-              James J. Clark, Provost & EVP, Florida State University

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Department of Gerontology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

    Thomas W. Miller

About the editor

Thomas W. Miller, PhD, ABPP, is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut in Storrs and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and the Department of Gerontology, College of Public Health, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Dr. Miller is boarded in Clinical Psychology, a licensed psychologist, and certified in school psychology.  He is certified by the American College of Forensic Examiners. He received his doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychology Society, and the Royal Society of Medicine. He has published several books, chapters, and numerous articles in professional refereed journals, and has presented at a number of national and international symposia and conferences. Dr. Miller is the recipient of the Master Teacher Award at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, the prestigious RHR International Award for Excellence in Consulting Psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA), the Distinguished Researchers Award from the APA, the Distinguished Psychologist Award of the Kentucky Psychological Association, the Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Psychology by the Connecticut Psychological Association, Hall of Fame at St. John Fisher College, the Distinguished Service Award of the APA, and the Outstanding Alumnus Award of the State University of New York.

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