Violence prevention in schools
There are few programs that incorporate a violence prevention model, which focuses on decreasing violence among African American adolescents. ... In addition, there were several studies conducted in schools, where a violence prevention model was utilized. According to Astor, & Behere, their article on social workers on school violence indicated that there needs to be specialists on staff who can deal with violence cases in schools. Furthermore, Burstyn & Bender provides an in-depth analysis of violence prevention programs and an assessment of their focus group as well as published data from schools. ... However, these programs and articles did directly deal with African Americans but their methodology for their research can be most useful for violence prevention programs in the near future. ... School social workers and school violence: Personal safety, training, and violence programs. ... Prevention violence in schools: A challenge to American democracy. ... Development of a measure of relationship violence: The Relationship Conflict Scale.