School is the center of adolescent life. The adolescent learns more than
reading, writing, and arithmetic in the school environment. He or she also
learns socialization skills that shape their view of themselves as well as
relationships with others. Teen's face problems in school today that
previous generations had not been forced to deal with One such problem is
school violence. Our nation has seen extreme examples of school violence in
Littleton, Colorado; West paducah, Kentucky; Johesboro, Arkansas; Pearl,
Mississippi; and Springfield, Colorado. However, school violence, also
called "bullying" is not always so extreme and/or obvious. In the
educational system today it is necessary, if not vital, to understand the
pervasiveness of bullying. In the article by Laura M Crothers and Edward M
Levinson entitled, "Assesment of bullying, a review of methods and
instruments, the authors discuss the issue of bullying as well as means and
methods to assess......
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