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Schools
and Delinquency
The School in Modern American Society
Academic Achievement
Socialization and Status
Education in Crisis
Academic Performance and Delinquency
Underachievers
School Failure and Delinquency
School Failure
Causes of School Failure
Social Class and School Failure
Tracking
Truancy
Dropping Out
Why Do Kids Drop Out?
Focus on Preventing and Treating
Delinquency: Keeping Truants in School
Checkpoints
The school is one of the key institutions
of socialization in contemporary society.
Despite its great wealth, the United
States lags behind many nations in academic achievement.
School failure is linked to delinquency.
The causes of school failure include
class conflict, alienation, and tracking.
Many kids drop out of school before they
graduate, and dropping out has been linked to delinquent behavior.
Delinquency in the School
School Shootings
Nature and Extent of Shooting
Who is the School Shooter?
Who Commits School Crime?
Reducing School Crime
Focus on Preventing and Treating
Delinquency: bullying in School
What Does This Mean to Me?
"Bully for You!"
Zero Tolerance Policy
School Security Efforts
The Role of the School in Delinquency
Prevention
School-Based Prevention Programs
Cognitive
Affective
Behavioral
Environmental
Therapeutic
Checkpoints
A significant number of crimes occur in
schools each year.
There has been a recent decline in
school-based crime that reflects the general crime-rate decline.
Almost two million children were
victimized between 1994 and 1996.
About 5 percent of students are bullied
in school.
About three-quarters of all students
report drugs in their school.
A number of efforts are being made to
reduce school crime, including enforcing strict security measures through the use of armed
guards.
Schools have been active in delinquency
prevention.
After-school programs are becoming
popular.
The programs that seem most effective
focus on a range of social issues, including problem-solving skills, self-control, and
stress management.
Legal Rights in the School
The Right to Personal Privacy
Drug Testing
Academic Privacy
Free Speech
Passive Speech
Active Speech
School Prayer
School Discipline
in loco parentis
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