High School Violence

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ence. The measures that could be taken inside school are metal detectors, security guards, or even security cameras. These actions, however, will not slow down or stop high school teen violence. The beneficiaries of this report will be the administrators of any high school in America, which is of course if this report could reach them all. But, for the administrators who hear or read this report, their eyes will be opened as they will take a fresh new look at the root of basic teen problems. When this fresh new look is taken, actions should be considered to do something about the base of these problems.
As a group, we pulled data from many different sources. Our sources included interviews, Internet, books, and current magazine articles. The most helpful sources were the Internet and magazine articles. The information provided ranged from statistical data to solutions to stopping teen violence in school. These figures and facts gave us a strong foundation in which to build our report on. The interviews supplied us with different opinions on what students on faculty members from area high schools thought could or should be done to stop teen violence. The books we found in the library also added facts and statistics that were used in our report. We also used a cartoon from one of the books for use in our presentation.
Extreme measures taken in high schools will not stop teen violence. There are outside factors such as poverty, violence in the media, parents who are violent, drug and alcohol abuse, and gangs that cause teen violence. Until these factors are taken care of teen violence will continue.
Recommendations from these conclusions on teen violence in high school are useful. Instead of schools spending money on the metal detectors and security guards, schools should spend money on reach out programs. When a student commits an act of violence in school, along with his punishment, someone should go home and talk...