内容简介
Fromtheinner-citytothesuburbs,thousandsofschoolchildrenarebeingsystematicallysubjectedtomandatoryclassroompolicieswhichinflictbothphysicalandemotionalharm.Hundredsofschoolofficialsfromacrossthecountryhavebeenfoundguiltyofsexualharassment,theillegaluseofundercoveragents,stripsearches,corporalpunishment,verbalabuse,punitiveisolation,andotherformsofinstitutionalabuse.InDangerousSchools,ProfessorIrwinHymanandPamelaSnook,passionateadvocatesagainsttheinstitutionalmaltreatmentofchildren,revealexactlywhatisgoingoninournation'sschoolsandwhatwemustdoaboutit."Thisbookmakesastrongargumentagainstschoolabusesandoffersclearandprovenstrategiesforchange.Itwillappealtoparentswhosuspectthattheirchildrenhavebeenmaltreatedbyeducatorsandforadvocateswhodesireablueprintforsocialchange."---JamesGarbarino,codirector,FamilyLifeDevelopmentCenter,CornellUniversity;author,WhatChildrenCanTellUs
作者简介
IRWINA.HYMAN,Ed.D.,isaprofessorofschoolpsychologyandthedirectoroftheNationalCenterfortheStudyofCorporalPunishmentandAlternatives,TempleUniversity.Adistinguishedresearcherandpassionateacademic,clinical,andlegaladvocateforanAndtotheinstitutionalmistreatmentofchildren,heistheauthorofnumerousbooksandarticlesincludingTheCaseAgainstSpanking.PAMELAA.SNOOKR.N.,M.S.N.,coauthoroftheMyWorstSchoolExperienceScales,isapsychiatricnurseandclinicalspecialistwhohasworkedwithawidevarietyofvictimizedchildren.SheisadoctoralstudentinschoolpsychologyatTempleUniversity.