Failing at Kindness: Why Fear of Violence Endangers Children.

Perlstein, Daniel

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Publication Date: 2000

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Failing at Kindness: Why Fear of Violence Endangers Children.

Perlstein, Daniel

Educational Leadership, v57 n6 p76-79 Mar 2000

Violence-prevention policies stress high-tech security measures and zero tolerance over compassion. Student policing is intensifying, despite declining youth violence, rarity of shootings, and failure of police protection. Suburban youth violence is rooted in masculinity misconceptions and sexual harassment. Education, not retribution, should guide educators' responses. (Contains 15 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Alienation, Bullying, Gender Issues, Homicide, Juvenile Justice, Masculinity, Misconceptions, Prevention, Punishment, School Policy, School Safety, Secondary Education, Sex Role, Sexual Harassment, Social Influences, Suburban Schools, Violence, Zero Tolerance Policy

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Language: English

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