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    On January 20‚ 2017‚ at West Liberty-Salem High School the first school shooting of the year occurred when a 17 year old boy bought and assembled a shotgun in the male restroom of his high school then proceed to shot at his teacher and another 16 year-old class mate‚ fortunately only one person was injured. The epidemic of school shootings has become a complicated problem that has caused a lot of frustration‚ this frustration has put pressure on the school officials‚ law enforcement and the government

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    the establishment of public education in the United States‚ schools have provided a sense of security and belonging to their students. Although sitting through lectures and doing homework may not be the most exciting thing in the world‚ students will always have a lunch to eat‚ a roof over their head‚ and a supportive teacher or counselor that they can talk to. Despite the “safe” environment and presence of authoritative figures on school campuses‚ trouble always finds a way to break out. Simple misbehaving

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    can we do to make American schools mass murder free? Over two thirds of American parents are concerned about their children’s safety at school following the Columbine Massacre (Madfis‚ 2016) and other high-profile school shootings in the US. Are their concerns justified? Having examined a report by (Borum‚ Cornell‚ Modzeleski‚ & Jimerson‚ 2010) which addresses this question by reviewing a range of empirical evidence‚ I feel as though it is safe to say that American schools are safe and the publicity

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    What is school violence? Many describe school violence as any form of violence projected on an individual within school premises. Within the decade’s school violence has become more and more common in our society and has even lead to mass shootings. Most shooters are seen as outcasts by their peers and feel excluded. In our course textbook‚ Understanding Violence and Victimization cites that violence has increased dramatically within the past decade (Meadows‚ 2013). Meadows then discusses some risk

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    week‚ eight years prior‚ as the shootings at Columbine on April 20th‚ 1999.” In more recent years‚ mass shootings at school campuses have occurred more frequently. Such occurrences have ignited yet another round of the gun control debate‚ focusing largely on whether or not teachers should be allowed to conceal carry on campus. With strict gun bans

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    School shootings are terrifying to think about‚ but there are ways to help prevent the massacres from ever happening again. The first known school shooting was at the Texas Tower at the University of Texas in 1966 where Charles Whitman shot and killed 16 people while injuring 31 others. Who would have known since that date that we would have more then 200 deaths on school campuses? The most storied shooting in the 90’s was probably the Columbine massacre where on April 20‚ 1999 Dylan Klebold and

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    close look at school systems disciplinary policies and the effect they have on students. While most school systems in the nation have adapted the zero tolerance policies‚ there is major concerns that specific students could be targeted‚ and introduced in the criminal justice system based on these disciplinary policies. This research paper is intended to focus on the reform of zero tolerance policies‚ and minimizing the school to prison pipeline. School to Prison Pipeline The school to prison pipeline

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    School shootings don’t occur often‚ in fact‚ they are very rare‚ but when they do‚ it is a catastrophe. According to Macmillanddictionary.com‚ school shooting is a violent act in which someone‚ usually a student‚ uses a gun to kill or injure teachers‚ students‚ and staff. School shootings have started political debates over the act of gun violence and also gun control. According to Wikipedia.org‚ The United States is the highest number of school related shootings. From the year 2013 all the way to

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    School shootings have increasingly become an issue in the United States of America. Regardless the accounts‚ it continues to swindle out of control. The causes of school shootings are limitless and are usually unable to be distinguished. However‚ the effects can be life threatening for those who witness‚ survive‚ or live relatively near the school in which the incident happens at. When it comes to school shootings‚ there are two typologies that are typically exhibited: rampage and targeted shootings

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    real.That same teenager is bullied at school and one day‚ he has had enough. The teen takes a weapon to school and a school shooting occurs. Who is to blame? The parents did not know their child’s intentions‚ nor did they realize the changing behavior. They did not know he was being bullied because he was always so sheltered: playing his video games‚ listening to music‚ or watching movies-- he never really had many

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