Rules and resources of violence prevention programs

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Title Rules and resources of violence prevention programs
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Humanities
Department Communication
Author Pickett, Natalie Nyman
Date 2012-08
Description In recent years, violence prevention programs have surfaced as supposed solutions to the growing prevalence of violence within schools. A vast majority of research done on these programs has been quantitative and seeks to prove the effectiveness of the programs. This study focuses on the content of the programs by examining the program materials of three highly rated school violence prevention programs: 1) Life Skills Training, 2) Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, and 3) Project Towards No Drug Abuse. Through the programs' materials, creators' assumptions about causes of violence and potential rules and resources provided by these programs have been identified. By looking at these programs through the lens of structuration theory, it has become clear that the rules and resources offered by these programs fail to address both the agent and the environment. Suggestions for violence prevention within schools have been made, largely centered on a modified cohort system.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Bullying; Prevention; Violence
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Master of Science
Language eng
Rights Management Copyright © Natalie Nyman Pickett 2012
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 553,998 bytes
Identifier etd3/id/1818
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections, LC8.5 2012 .P53
ARK ark:/87278/s6086m4s
Setname ir_etd
ID 195506
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6086m4s
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