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Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Sociology
Date of Award
12-2001
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Martha Copp
Committee Members
Scott H. Beck, Robert Leger
Abstract
This research identifies how personnel at an alternative high school for at-risk students helped to create school violence through their policies and interactions with students. Data were collected by surveying the staff and students of the school. Data were also obtained from anonymous written records that the researcher kept as a requirement of her job as School Resource Officer. The researcher found consistent patterns--verified by faculty and student surveys--that the students did not feel respected by their teachers. Teachers experienced limited authority in handling student-teacher conflicts and compensated for their restricted authority through a variety of unfair strategies. Often, students resisted the teachers’ efforts. The teachers’ lack of training on how to deal with resistant teens made these problems worse. The researcher analyzes the dynamics that produced school violence in this setting and concludes with suggestions for teachers and administrators.
Document Type
Thesis - restricted
Recommended Citation
Goff, Lorrie Anne, "How Schools Create the Violence They Fear: A Case Study of an Alternative Learning Center, 1999-2001." (2001). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 150. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/150
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.