High School Violence

18 Pages 4515 Words

Will Extreme Measures at High Schools Stop Teen Violence?



Presented By:
Brian Fisher, Jude Gentsch, Sharon McElmeel, Lacy Schilkofski

Table of Contents

SUMMARY 4
PURPOSE 5
SCOPE 6
LIMITATIONS 6
JUSTIFICATIONS 6
RELATED PUBLICATIONS 7
PRESENT STUDY 9
INTERVIEW INFORMATION 10
THE CHANGING AMERICAN SCHOOLS 10
THREAT OF TEEN VIOLENCE 11
PROBLEMS BEGINNING AT HOME 12
TEENAGERS LEARNING VIOLENCE 13
VIOLENCE FROM THE MEDIA 13
GUNS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY 14
DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE AND TEEN VIOLENCE 15
GANGS AND VIOLENCE 15
MEASURES TO ENSURE SCHOOL SAFETY 16
METAL DETECTORS IN THE SCHOOL 16
WARNING SIGNS OF A TROUBLED CHILD 17
CONCLUSIONS 17
RECOMMENDATIONS 17
WORKS CITED 19




Memorandum
To: Mr. Koehl and Mrs. Hovey
From: Group #1
Date: 4/8/2003
Re: Memo of Transmittal
The following report is the written portion of an overall English and Business Communication presentation. This report is a requirement for the class. The topic covered is school safety.

Jude Gentsch, Brian Fisher, Lacy Schilkofski, and Sharon McElmeel researched this topic of school safety different ways. Various sources including the Internet, library books, and current magazines were used to gain information for the report.

Each group member interviewed at least two people. Persons interviewed include Normal Community High School's Officer Jeff Caughron, Dr. Alan Chapman, and Mr. Dotzert. Students were also interview to understand what the student population believes is good or bad about the safety of NCHS.

The information collected was used for this report and presentation. It is our hope through this report that anyone who wants to know about how safe NCHS is that they can find out by reading or watching our presentation.



Summary
We intend to show our attendees that outside factors are the cause of teen violence in school. Our group believes that drastic measures inside school will not curb school viol...