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2 Pepp. Disp. Resol. L.J. 357 (2002)
Battling School Violence with Mediation Technology

handle is hein.journals/pepds2 and id is 365 raw text is: Battling School Violence with Mediation Technology Gary Richard Hattal* Cynthia Morrow Hattal** Post World War II parents sent their children off to public schools mod- erately secure in the prevailing belief that their neighborhood schools were a safe haven for their young offspring. Boys and girls could be expected to re- ceive even more than an excellent basic education. Caring teachers and ad- ministrators, it was understood, would prepare the young morally and physi- cally for adult life and guide their years in school. It was also hoped that music, art, sports, and vocational activities such as home economics and wood shop, which were parts of the growing curriculum in public schools of the 1950s, would inspire them. For the most part, public schools provided the Baby Boomer generation with an experience which today is viewed as somewhat idyllic, the Leave It To Beaver, Ozzie and Harriet model. Certainly there were problems in the higher grades with truancy, covert smoking in the bathrooms, and teen pregnancy, but these were considered mostly to be unfor- tunate but manageable incidents by juvenile delinquents and disadvantaged inner-city teenagers. As we begin the Twenty-First Century public schools have become dan- gerous places, and not just high schools. Children as young as ten and eleven have brought the system to its knees by shooting down their teachers and fel- low students on campus. No one is talking about juvenile delinquency any- more. We are hearing and talking about lethal incidents of juvenile violence among all social classes and races, suburban and inner city youth alike. Youth gangs and drugs have spread to every comer of our society. Many of our jun- ior and senior high schools have metal detectors set up in the hallways. Nev- ertheless, it is estimated that 28% of boys in America come to school every day armed with guns, knives, and other dangerous instruments for their own protection.' On October 1, 1997, Luke Woodham, a 16-year-old in Pearl, Mississippi killed his mother, then took his gun to school. The result was three students * Commissioner, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. ** Doctorate in Psychology. 1. . GARBERtN. LosT Boys (1999).

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