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The school as a safe haven /

A well-balanced book on the subject of school safety which uses historical and sociological data to illustrate how much the school is subject to social realities and changes. The authors set out to see if the American school has always been safe. Unfortunately, they found that it has not, that it is...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Watson, Rollin J., 1941-
Other Authors: Watson, Robert S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2002.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Metaphor and Myth
  • The Sanctity of the Schoolhouse
  • Postwar Innocence (1945-1950)
  • Juvenile Delinquency and the Schools (1950-1975)
  • Fire Bell in the Schoolyard (1945-1992)
  • The Encroachment of an Old Catastrophe (1945-1992)
  • Civil Rights, Uncivil Schools (1954-1969)
  • The Demise of Discipline (1959-1969)
  • A Decadent Counterculture (1970-2001)
  • Terror Comes to School (1945-1992)
  • The Paradox of the Clinton Era (1993-2001)
  • Postscript: Forging a New Paradigm.