By Laura L. Finley
Encyclopedia of college Crime and Violence is the main entire reference in this deeply unsettling subject ever undertaken. No different quantity integrates as a lot information regarding the various varieties of crime and violence taking place in colleges in addition to the diversity of responses and prevention efforts aimed toward curtailing it.In a sequence of alphabetically equipped entries, Encyclopedia of college Crime and Violence appears at major circumstances either at excessive faculties and on collage campuses, with insurance that comes with specialist and group responses, and theories as to why those occasions occurred. in contrast to different volumes that attention purely at the so much sensational occasions, the encyclopedia spans the complete spectrum of faculty crime—not simply the excessive profile circumstances like Columbine and Virginia Tech, however the insidious difficulties of robbery, bullying, cybercrime, violence, sexual attack, and extra. insurance comprises info on a few situations open air the USA, in addition to entries at the govt corporations and different corporations devoted to reading and removing institution crime and violence.
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August 21, 2008 Jamar Siler, 15, shoots and kills a fellow student at Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. September 23, 2008 Matti Juhani Saari, 22, shoots and kills 10 people at the vocational college he attends in Kauhajoki, Finland. October 26, 2008 Four men (Kawin Brockton, 19; Kelsey Perry, 19; Mario Tony, 20; and Brandon Wade, 20) shoot and kill two University of Central Arkansas students and wound a visitor. xxxv xxxvi Timeline of Significant Events Related to School Crime and Violence November 13, 2008 Teah Wemberly, 15, shoots and kills friend Amanda Collette at Dillard High School in Ft.
However, alcohol-influenced violent incidents occurring in people’s homes or dorm rooms are likely under-reported. Some people use alcohol as a coping mechanism or as a way to self-medicate after experiencing trauma. Data show that approximately 70% of all victims of domestic violence have substance abuse issues, for instance. Alcohol consumption is associated with the carrying of weapons. Youths who used illegal drugs in the year prior to participating in the NHSDA survey were Alcohol and School Crime and Violence three times more likely to have carried a handgun than youth who did not use drugs.
These drugs are stimulants much like cocaine, and can have dangerous side effects, including mood swings and loss of appetite. Between 1990 and 1996, prescriptions for methylphenidate increased 500%. S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) noted that, in some locations, Adult Trials for Juveniles 15% to 20% of young people had been prescribed Ritalin, and a Journal of the American Medical Association report found prescriptions for preschool-age children had tripled during the 1990s. Between 1990 and 2000, 569 children were hospitalized and 186 died due to taking Ritalin, according to some scholars.
