1). Therefore, it has been important for school officials, the community, and the government to developing and putting into action many promising types of anti-violence strategies, focusing on both discipline and social and personal transformation. It has also been an issue to educate teachers and school counselors on how to deal and help these violent students full of anger frustration. .
The different journals and book I have reviewed provide a lot of valuable and factual information on youth violence in the schools in our country and what is being done to control this problem. Brett Brown, and Sharon Bzostek (2003), state that "violence is a part of every child's life in America. Violence originates in many places such as self, family, peers, the community, and the media. It affects children and youth at every age" (p.1). I totally agree when they say that all children who are witness or victims of violence are all affected, though not all are affected equally. Most of these children become perpetrators themselves because to them this is the normal way of life. They are letting out all the anger and rage they have inside the only way they know how; fighting with others, or hurting others like they were. I also agree with Schaefer-Schiumo & Ginsberg, when they say that "school violence is not caused by the school but is a direct reflection of behaviors displayed outside the school and is the result of social changes in the united States communities" (p. 1). Many of these children come from .
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homes full of violence. There is a lack of family rules, decline in family structure, and a lack of parental supervision. Many of the journals state that there are many different factors that influence youth in our society to be so violent. I strongly agree when they say that children in our society see too much violence on television and imitate what they see.
