For over a decade, there has been endless news reports on violence in schools. In fact, just recently ( January 25, 2018), the news reported an incident at Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama involving two teenagers. With school shootings apparently increasing exponentially, one cannot help but wonder why so many of these incidences are occurring and how we in the nursing community can help to prevent this problem. Undoubtedly, some underlying issues exist in these situations. In these incidences it seems that anger is one of the common factors. In the article “Anger In Adolescent Communities: How Angry Are They?”, Lisa Pullen et. al (2015), discussed the various contributing factors that affects adolescent anger. The researchers’ main intent was to focus on adolescents in a community environment …show more content…
instead of a clinical one. Although the article considered substance abuse, and cultural, social, emotional and gender differences as they related to anger, the researchers primarily focused on 139 adolescents, from a large Baptist church, who self-reported their feelings of anger.
Using the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI), and The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST), the researchers attempted to find the correlation between self-reported anger levels and the variables mentioned in the article (substance abuse, gender differences, cultural differences, emotional differences and social differences). They measured the level of self-reported anger from age 12-19, in addition to the differences among three adolescent age group and self-reported anger. The results indicated no significant differences in gender as well as no significant differences between the three adolescent age groups. The researchers found that there was an overwhelming association, however, between anger and stress. Their findings indicated that the frequency of religious activities lessened the anger levels in the
adolescents. In Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice (Berman et al., 2016), anger is a psychological indicator of stress that may escalate into a maladaptive form if the issue is not rectified (Berman et al., pp. 1001&1002). Humans utilize various coping techniques when handling stress. How a person handles stress depends on the multiplicity of the stressors. Adolescent is a critical time in which the body, not only goes through physical stress but also psychological stress. Adolescents are a period in their lives when identity is of utmost importance (Berman et al., p. 371)
Most of us learned when we were very young that we should not judge by appearances. But, in the aftermath of massacres in schools everywhere, a sane person has to take seriously what the material world shows - and pass judgment. After all, a lack of judgment and subsequent action may lead to further youth violence.
Crime manifests itself in various ways in society and oftentimes difficult to pinpoint what drives people to commit certain actions. The Columbine shooting was a particular incident that ended in tears and suffering which resulted in numerous research as to what was going through the minds of these young individuals at the time of the shooting. Therefore, this paper will analyze specifically the role of differential association- reinforcement as altered by Akers in propelling Dylan Klebold to commit such heinous act, while also giving credit to Edwin Sutherland for first formulating the framework of differential association.
As us Americans we are actually making the stereotype of we always carry guns around sound true to the rest of the world considering that, we are the “31% percent of all public mass shootings which at least four people are killed.” (TheWeek.com) But under a broader definition USA counted 346 mass shootings including shooting deaths of four or more victims in a 17- year period. The worst part about this information is this year we already have recorded 249 mass shootings in about 7 months close to the same amount USA counted over 17 years! This is a problem that must be solve for the safety in this country but also prevent more mass shooting from happening. “According to a Mother Jones study: Only 23 percent have been treated for mental illness.” ( Gallagher )
It is a sad time in American history when one can easily recount recent school shootings in their own area. This ease stems from a sharp increase in the number of firearms brought into elementary and middle schools across the country, with an intense focus on the issue beginning after the shooting of 20 children from Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. Most school shooters are male, white, and often upper middle class. They are also more, often than not, under some type of mental stress that is causing them to create this type of violence in our communities. In fact, many school shooters are never suspected of doing any harm to their peers and teachers until it is much too late.
Preventing School Shootings From 1980’s till now, there are has been many school shootings. Many researchers have made many hypotheses as to why these occur. The most tragic shooting took place in Sandy Hook Elementary. 2.
Pastore, Fisher, and Friedman. “Violence and Mental Health Problems among Urban High School Students.” Journal of Adolescent Health. New York. Elsevier Science Inc., 1996
School shootings are the leading death by a fire arm in the United States. What motivates these people to want to kill others? Acts of violence at schools is not a new thing. School shootings date back to the 18th century. However, school shootings are growing more common in this day in age. What motivates these people to want to kill others? With social networks more and more people are being bullied, which results in more kids snapping and shooting up their school. Bullying isn’t the only reason for school shooting, now smart kids are snapping under the pressure of unrealistic standards set for them by their honors teachers. In high school teens get the choice to take honors classes, or regular classes. The biggest difference in these classes
In order to solve the problem of violence in schools, we must first find out who the problem is. Being that not every teenager is prone to participate in such violent acts as what happened at Columbine, there must be specific environment imposed on a particular biology to turn a teenager into an Eric Harris or a Dylan Klebold. These are not normal, healthy teenagers, and they don’t just become killers overnight. They become killers because they are already deeply disturbed individuals who can be sent over the edge by all sorts of innocuous influences. Violent teens often have specific characteristics that put them at high risk for committing these crimes. These high risked students may display some of the following traits. First, violent students often indicate their intentions before acting violently through drawings or writings. (Juhnke et. Al., 1999) They also make threats of violence towards others. Next, students prone to violent behavior tend to have a history of violence or aggression. (Juhnke et. Al., 1999) This may include other students, boyfriends/girlfriends, and animals. Violent students often have hypersensitivity toward criticism. (Juhnke et. Al., 1999) These students report perceptions of being teased, harassed or being picked on by those they were violent toward. This tormenting can also cause a student to isolate him or herself and withdrawal from friends and family, which is another sign that something is wrong. Another fairly obvious characteristic includes those children who are inappropriately given accress to firearms. (Juhnke et. Al., 1999) When students are given a gun, it gives them a sense of power. Some choose to take advantage of that power, as we have seen in numerous high school shoot...
"Teen violence refers to harmful behaviors that can start early and continue into young adulthood" (Teen Violence). As generations continue to pass, the issue of teen violence remains. Why do kids act the way they do? What factors into their violent behavior? Questions like these do not have straight answers; instead, they seek out people's differing opinions. John Leo, Mike Males, Gloria Steinem, Charlie James, Chuck Shelton, Annette Fuentes, and James Garbarino share their opinions about the controversy of teen violence through newspaper and magazine articles. Each article has its own unique points, whether they are strong or weak. "Children in a Violent World" by James Garbarino offers the most convincing causal analysis and helps reveal the problem of teen violence to his readers.
Public mass shootings have increased at an alarming rate over the past three decades and have become a growing concern for the people of the United States. It has appeared that approximately every few months, media outlets report incidences of tragedy involving a sole gunman targeting groups of people with the intent to harm or extinguish life due to various motives. Recent research data indicated that over 80 public mass shootings have occurred in the United States since 1983. Some of the more recent shootings to date are: Marysville-Pilchick High in October 2014; Santa Barbara, California in May 2014; Fort Hood, Texas U.S. Army base in April 2014; Washington Navy Yard in September 2013; Sandy Hook Elementary, Connecticut in December 2012;
Mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the United States society and have brought our society's safety debate to the attention of American politics. Both sides of the debate agree that we need more safety precautions but neither side can officially agree on what is to be done. What can we do about the raging number of mass shootings? There is no definite solution for mass shootings but there are precautions the United States can take to try to overcome the overwhelming number of mass shootings occurring. Gun Control is a major topic in the debate of how we can keep our society safer but how is what remains a mystery but we can start with altering the second amendment, and having stronger gun laws and background checks.
In the United States there have been 142 school shootings since 2013. In Australia there has never been a school shooting. “A school shooting is a form of mass shooting involving a gun attack on an educational institution, such as a school or university”(Wikipedia). According to the United States Secret Service, a school shooting is where the school is purposely planned and selected as the location for the attack. A school shooting may occur between any individual, student, instructor, administrator and staff employed institution (Sinnamon, 2016). There is no one profile to describe a shooter but almost all attackers are students at the school. School shootings occur when anyone enters a campus and begins firing weapons such as a rifle, shotgun
Bullied Hearts Bullying is a serious issue in our nation that can lead to tragedy, such as mass shootings. In the past decade the increase in bullying has sky rocketed and has just become worse and worse. As bullying has become worse so have the tragedies.
School shootings School is supposed to be a safe zone. However past events have involving school shootings has proved that school is not as safe as it can be. Students search for an education in school, but are instead are searching for a safe place in the classroom. People travel to America because they assume it is a safer place, and yet turns out their lives may be at risk. In most cases school shooters have some sort of connection to the school.
Violence in American schools has triggered debates on the root cause of student’s anger and aggressive behavior and proposed proactive solutions.