What Does Columbine, Sandy Hook, And The Edlington Murders All Have?

Since 2013 there have been 268 school shootings in the United States alone (Everytown for Gun Safety, 2017). School gun violence is becoming increasingly probable. It is imperative that our government and our citizens come together to create a solution and implement a plan to prevent and stop the occurrence of school gun violence. The solution, for some, is to bring more guns into the picture by arming teachers, principals, and other school officials, or place armed police officers at school sites (LaPierre, 2015). For others, the solution is to make even stricter laws regarding gun use or to get rid of these weapons altogether. These certainly are drastic options; I must say that I do believe the true solution is to increase the focus on mental health services and by extension, mental health awareness. There is simply not enough focus on the mental health of our youth and of our students. Mental health services are the most important step to making schools safer, because this solution touches the entire problem of violence at its root level.

School should be a place of peace and opportunity, but gaps in the system of gun control threatens the safety of faculty and students. School shootings have killed a total of 297 lives, young and old (Slate Magazine). Gun control has been a continuous nationwide debate for many years. It seems that no one wants to take a stance against guns unless they are personally affected. In order to take control of the matter and prevent more incidents from continuing schools need to change. To achieve a safe environment in schools need to educate faculty, safe and students, heighten security, and assess mental health issues.

It is without a doubt that there has been an increase in violent crimes in schools throughout recent years. School shootings continue to become more and more common, especially in North America. Safety concerns for any and all students and staff in schools are at all all time high due to the high number of fatal and non-fatal occurring incidences. Since 2013 to the present, it is estimated that the United States has seen approximately 205 school shootings. Weekly, that is a shocking one shooting on average. Many of these shootings have resulted in the injuries and deaths of multiple of students and staff members. (Everytown Research, 2017) Evidently, school shootings are tragic events that affect so many more people than just the victims. However, these events are also interesting to look at from the psychological and sociological point of views. Through much research, it can be concluded that school shootings are a complex problem that are caused by a mix of improper brain development and societal and media influences which motivate school shooters to emerge. Psychological factors may include struggling with mental illnesses and/or abuse that leads to damaged brain development. Additionally, being bullied and/or the role of the media are examples of sociological factors.

What does Columbine, Sandy Hook, and the Edlington murders all have in common? These were all violent crimes committed with in the last decade by people under the age of 21. Every time you turn on the television, you hear of a new crime committed by children. Juvenile detention camps are filled with children under the age 18 who have murdered or maimed other children and adults. If you look at the data from the National Criminal Data base, it is a clear fact that children’s behavior is significantly worse than 20 years ago. Some critics would argue that the rate of child misbehavior has been the same through the decades, but this paper will present evidence on how children’s behavior has gotten significantly worse in the last few decades. There

School security is an important issue that you have to pay attention on, because we spend most of the time at school from early in the morning until late afternoon, so we should be aware of what can happen in our school. “According to the national center for education statistics, from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, there were a total of 53 school-associated violent deaths in elementary and secondary schools in the United States. Students have to face all these problems, lots of them were killed. Bullying can be the leading cause of violence, when the students get bullied, they will want to fight back and using guns might be one of the way that they can think of. Strengthen gun laws can help in this problem, because if

The number one goal is to increase physical surveillance. By increasing the physical surveillance in schools, this will help prevent youth from bring weapons on school property. Metal detectors and physical searches of student’s lockers and backpacks are not an uncommon practice in schools these days (“School Violence”, 2015). The larger the school the more common these methods are. However, some schools are not using metal detectors and performing searches because they have found that it increases student’s fears and anxiety levels (“School Violence”, 2015). In conclusions weapons deterrence may increase physical safety, but it may increase psychological problems in the future (“School Violence”, 2015).

Due to the increased violence in educational settings in recent years “law enforcement and school officials are searching for solutions to reduce school violence generally and weapons-related violence more specifically” (Wylie, et al., 2010). Extreme punitive policies such as zero tolerance, and increased school security systems have not been met with much success in decreasing the problem. Therefore, “policy makers are exploring alternatives” (Wylie, et al., 2010). The purpose of this research study

The reality, fear, and consequences of juvenile violence continue to plague this Nation and drive legislative and political agendas at every level of government. More and more States are lowering the age at which juveniles can be waived or transferred to criminal court and enacting other measures to "get tough" with violent juvenile offenders. Meanwhile, prognosticators warn of a coming tide of juvenile violence, driven primarily by increased arrests of juveniles for serious and violent crime over the past 10 years and shifting demographics of age and race. These forecasts are based to some extent on the assumption that current trends are likely to continue.

After shootings at Jonesboro, Ark, Paducah, Ky, Springfield, Ore, Pearl, Miss, and Littleton, Co, serious questions arise such as has school violence risen, and, if so, what can we do to fix it. The truth is, school violence is on a rise, and it can be attributed to factors such as disinterest in learning, the total preservation of the civil rights of the students at all costs, and the lack of power the teachers and administrators have to punish misbehavior. Solutions such as forcing school uniforms, voluntary learning, and peer mediation take a long time to implement and an even longer time to see visible results, but they are necessary to ensure our future in America as

Violence in schools has spread rapidly throughout the nation and has caused many difficulties and fear among students, families, teachers and staff, and residents of the areas afflicted by the crimes. Many believe that school violence is only very recent occurrence, but this is untrue. It is easy for people to forget that there was life before the internet and many crimes were not publicly known as they are today. The speed in which the internet and cable television spread news is astronomical compared to decades, or centuries past. That is how long violence has been occurring in public and private schools ranging from elementary schools to colleges, Amish school houses to elite universities. It would seem that many rewrite, or edit history to better suit their beliefs, or political aspirations of the present. People spend quite a bit of time trying to pin modern influences as the cause of violence in today’s youth, yet one can find documented incidents of immense violent behavior in adolescents far before the creation of Grand Theft Auto and Breaking Bad. It may be more prudent to look closer at the advancing development and availability of automatic and semi-automatic weapons, bullying, and the increase of psychotic behavior that is untreated and ignored. This essay will show that school violence is not the direct result of violent video games or the internet and that they have been occurring for centuries and that the likely true

Despite the recent surge of catastrophes in our nation, violence is not a new issue. Violent occurrences such as shootings, bombings, and other terroristic events are things that have been happening for hundreds, or maybe even thousands of years. One aspect of these tragedies that seems to be the most terrible of all is violence in the school setting. Even this type of violence is not a new occurrence. School shootings and other violent acts of that nature have been occurring in the school setting for decades. However, it wasn’t until recently that these issues have been such a front-runner in the public spotlight. The three most well-known acts of school violence to date are the

School violence has been on the rise in America with efforts created every day to end it (Library, 2017). More youths enrolled today continue being threat to their fellow students thus making some of them fear joining school. This easy evaluates the prevalence of violence in school with the aim of finding lasting solutions to it.

These events occurred eighteen years ago, and it is important for all students, kindergarten through high school, to recognize the issue of school violence as a problem that must not go unnoticed. While for the most part, the incidents of violence that engulf many high schools and middle schools are rare, it is students who could be indirectly affected by school tragedies. For example, one may have a friend whose sister was in a shooting, or a cousin whose school was on lockdown. Furthermore, there may come a day when one’s own child will be at school fearfully hiding from another angry classmate.

year-olds at a rate of 53 per 100,000 in 2012.” based on a national study of fighting and

“The epidemic of school violence has reached into the very heart of America.It is no longer the story of the big city or the ghetto.The infection of violence has found its way into our small towns and rural communities. It is everywhere in our country.” (Seldes, 1996)