School Bullying and Violence: Taking Action

Cowie, H. & Jennifer, D. (Co-ordinating team, UK), Chankova, D. & Poshtova, T. (Bulgaria), Deklerck, J. & Deboutte, G. (Belgium), Ertesvåg, S. K. & Samuelsen, A. S. (Norway), O'Moore, M. & Minton, S. J. (Ireland) and Ortega, R. & Sanchez, V. (Spain) © (2006)

School Bullying and Violence: Taking Action

Module C

Unit C2 - Young People and Crime

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Objectives:

• To be familiar with basic concepts of youth offending and punishment

• To be prepared to promote lawful behaviour among youth

• To consider strategies for crime prevention at school

Facilitation skills to be developed through this unit:

Knowledge and understanding of:

• the range of underlying causes of challenging, aggressive and anti-social behaviour

• the range of provisions for pupils whose behaviour causes concern

• the requirements of legislation and formal procedures relevant to aggressive and violent behaviour

Personal qualities and attributes include:

• empathy for and engaging pupils whose behaviour and attendance causes concern

• the capacity to be a persuasive advocate for pupils - whether perpetrators, victims, assistants or witnesses

• the ability to model effective management of pupils whose behaviour causes concern