Conceptualising school violence: a human rights perspective

The primary thrust of this article is that the nature and scope of school violence is most adequately addressed from a human rights perspective. In an attempt to advance this thesis an initial attempt is made to derive a human rights based definition of violence. This definition is then employed in...

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VerfasserInnen: Gopal, Nirmala (VerfasserIn) ; Collings, Steven J. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: Acta criminologica
Jahr: 2017, Band: 30, Heft: 3, Seiten: 1-13
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Conceptual framework
Human rights
School violence
South Africa
Violence
Definition
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Zusammenfassung:The primary thrust of this article is that the nature and scope of school violence is most adequately addressed from a human rights perspective. In an attempt to advance this thesis an initial attempt is made to derive a human rights based definition of violence. This definition is then employed in the development of a framework for conceptualizing school violence, and finally the implications of a human rights perspective on school violence are considered.
ISSN:1012-8093