Adds the Nordic perspective on school violence to the international debate Illustrates changes in policies and attitudes of how to handle youths showing unruly behaviour Includes cases studies about policing school violence

Inhalt

1. Introduction: School violence in the Nordic countries - a changing sociocultural landscape; Johannes Lunneblad .- 2. What is the most violent thing to do? - Mapping the definitions and complexities of violence; Nils Hammarén .- 3. Youth and Crime in a Welfare state - Trends, Inequalities and Societal response; Felipe Estrada .- 4. Juridification of Swedish education - changing conditions for teachers' professional work; Andreas Bergh and Emma Arneback .- 5. The many faces of school violence: Ambivalent categorizations of perpetrators and victims; Johannes Lunneblad and Thomas Johansson .- 6. Policing the school: dialogues and crime reports; Thomas Johansson and Johannes Lunneblad.- 7. Segregation, class, race and school violence; Kristina Hunehäll Berndtsson .- 8. The juridification of school bullying in Sweden: The emerging struggle between the scientific-based pedagogical discourse and the legal discourse; Robert Thornberg .- 9. Juridification and the Ungendering of School Bullying; Paul Horton and Camilla Forsberg .- 10. Cyberbullying in Childhood and Adolescence - Assessment, Negative Consequences and Prevention Strategies; Sofia Berne, Ann Frisén and Jesper Berne .- 11. The Rules of Violence: Young People's Moral Work around Violence and Fighting; Sara Unhoo .- 12. Democratic dilemmas in education against violent extremism; Jennie Sivenbring .

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