Garner, P. and Gittins, C. (2012) Reducing violence against children in schools: dimensions and trends in school-based violence. New York: UNICEF.
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Abstract:
Schools in the Twenty First Century should provide an environment in which children can learn and develop safely. And yet there remain instances where this almost universally-held viewpoint is not embedded in ground-level practice. This literature review is intended to provide a scoping of the key thematic issues inherent in ‘school-based violence’. It surveys recent literature on this topic and suggests linkages and continuities with other forms of violence involving children. In so doing it argues that whilst schools are indeed places of safety for most children, they face a continuing struggle to address the effects on children of violence directed (either knowingly or subliminally) at children in a wider social, cultural and political context. It also points to those factors which implicate some schools themselves in institutionally sanctioned violence towards children. Finally, the review points to those characteristics which enable schools to insulate children from the impact of violence and aggression.
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Creators:
Garner, P. and Gittins, C.
Publisher:
UNICEF
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Special Education Needs and Inclusion
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Special Education Needs and Inclusion
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Special Education Needs and Inclusion
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Special Education Needs and Inclusion
Date:
April 2012
Date Type:
Publication
Place of Publication:
New York
Language:
English
Status:
Published / Disseminated
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