Table of Contents
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Abstract 3
Chapter One: Causes of Violence and Crime 4
Chapter Two: New School Theory 19
Chapter Three: Survey and Thesis Methodology 23
Chapter Four: Teacher Perspective vs. Administrative Perspective
Within a New School 25
Chapter Five: Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations 34
Index of Figures 39
Bibliography 40
Appendix A: Administrator Survey 41
Appendix B: Teacher Survey 50
Abstract
What is violence? By most authoritative accounts, violence, including school violence, is the use of physical force to cause harm. Physical force can take the forms of crimes against people or property (Kreiner, 1996). A student may spray graffiti on the side of a school, steal from someone's purse or from the lunch line or injure another student, teacher, or faculty member. In reality, violence has become more prevalent in schools. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2002), Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2002, "in 2000, students ages 12 through 18 were victims of about 1.9
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