School violence covers different situations where attacks occur in the context of school.
Violence contemplates acts that are carried out with the intention of achieving something through the use of force . Violent behavior, therefore, seeks to physically or mentally harm another person in order to subdue them.
There are different types of violence, such as family violence and gender violence . In the case of school violence , it is given by the behavior that takes place within a school and that has the purpose of generating some type of damage in said framework.
School violence can develop within the school (in a classroom, a hallway, a playground, etc.) or in other places that are linked to it. Their victims can be students , teachers, school workers or family members of the students.
How school violence develops
Within school violence we can emphasize that there are three types that are determined depending on who is the aggressor and who is the attacked. Thus, for example, we can first talk about what violence by students towards other students is. This translates into injuries of various kinds as well as theft of personal belongings, sexual attacks or homicides.
In recent years, this type of violence has given rise to cases known throughout the world in which the victims, "crushed" and humiliated to unsuspected limits, have ended up committing suicide.
Secondly, we find school violence that is exercised by students on the teaching staff of their center in question. It manifests itself both on a physical level, through injuries of different categories, and on a psychological level using insults and humiliations of a wide variety of types. A fact that has unfortunately experienced significant growth in recent years.
And in third place is school violence that is carried out by the teaching staff themselves towards other colleagues, towards students, parents of students or even members of the school who work in the field of administration or services.
School violence is usually associated with bullying or harassment.
Different types of demonstrations
Among the most frequent manifestations of this type of violence are the following:
– Attacks on the emotional aspect of the victims through humiliation or verbal violence in its entirety.
– Physical violence.
– Harmful relationships. This category includes everything from sexual abuse to harassment of various kinds.
Causes of school violence
There are multiple causes that can lead to the outbreak of school violence. Experts talk about the lack of limits in behavior, the transmission of violent situations through the media that can generate a contagion effect, and the conditions of social exclusion and discrimination.
School violence is frequently associated with bullying , also known as bullying . This harassment consists of subjecting a student to constant and sustained mistreatment over time through teasing, insults, hitting , etc.
Schools can be rated according to the risk of violence occurring in their community. The institutions most vulnerable to school violence are those where control is not exercised over their members.