About this ebook
Despite the public alarm following several high-profile school shootings that occurred in the United States over the past decade, little is known about the actual incidence and characteristics of school-associated violence. School Violence and Primary Prevention grew out of a recent special issue of the Journal of Primary Prevention, which Thomas W. Miller guest edited. Understanding violence and reducing injury and death associated with violence is now, unfortunately, a major public health concern and is now a major objective of the Healthy People 2010 initiative.
School Violence and Primary Prevention covers clinical issues in treating victims of school violence and assessing children with the potential for violence. The editor will also examine the effectiveness of prevention intervention programs and offer larger policy recommendations. The book will look at environmental factors such as cultural issues on behaviors from bullying to mass school shootings. And uniquely, the book will go into topics such as sexual boundaries and body image. In all, this book aims for a theoretical and applied picture of the current state of school violence and prevention.
About the author
Thomas W. Miller, PhD, ABPP, is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut in Storrs and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and the Department of Gerontology, College of Public Health, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Dr. Miller is boarded in Clinical Psychology, a licensed psychologist, and certified in school psychology. He is certified by the American College of Forensic Examiners. He received his doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychology Society, and the Royal Society of Medicine. He has published several books, chapters, and numerous articles in professional refereed journals, and has presented at a number of national and international symposia and conferences. Dr. Miller is the recipient of the Master Teacher Award at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, the prestigious RHR International Award for Excellence in Consulting Psychology from the American Psychological Association (APA), the Distinguished Researchers Award from the APA, the Distinguished Psychologist Award of the Kentucky Psychological Association, the Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Psychology by the Connecticut Psychological Association, Hall of Fame at St. John Fisher College, the Distinguished Service Award of the APA, and the Outstanding Alumnus Award of the State University of New York.
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