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Download full textSmith, Marilyn E. – 1993
This digest describes the overall pattern of the results of research on television violence and behavior. Several variables in the relationship between television violence and aggression related to characteristics of the viewers and to the portrayal of violence are identified. Viewer characteristics included: age, amount of television watched,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
Walker, Dean – 1995
Tactics to deal with growing violence in schools have usually relied on removal of the offender by suspension or placement outside of the mainstream classroom. However, educators and psychologists are considering the prevention of violent behavior as both a more humane and cost-effective response to the problem. The relationship between school…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Walker, Dean – 1995
Tactics to deal with growing violence in schools have usually relied on removal of the offender by suspension or placement outside of the mainstream classroom. However, educators and psychologists are considering the prevention of violent behavior as both a more humane and cost-effective response to the problem. The relationship between school…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Burnett, Gary; Walz, Garry – 1994
This ERIC digest examines the growth and nature of juvenile gangs and the growing problem they present in the nation's public schools. It explores the characteristics of gangs, the impact gangs are having on public schools, why gangs develop and why students join them, what the schools' responses have been to gangs, and effective interactions for…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Dropouts, Drug Use
Fitzsimmons, Mary K. – 1998
This digest discusses the need for troubled students to receive habilitative services instead of haphazard punishment, then outlines sources of frustration for aggressive students and stages of frustration (anxiety, stress, defensiveness, physical aggression, and tension reduction), and appropriate responses. Teachers are advised to prevent…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders
Gaustad, Joan – 1990
An increase in gang violence and mobility in the last 20 years has alarmed members of the public school community. Gang membership, formation, location, and growth are described. Strategies to counteract gang activity, such as school discipline policies, school and community prevention programs, information sharing networks, and state legislation,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Community Action, Community Coordination, Community Involvement
