{"product_id":"the-bully-society-jessie-klein-9780814748886","title":"The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America's Schools","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2013\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough interviews and case studies, Klein develops an explanation for bully behavior in America's schools\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn today's schools, kids bullying kids is not an occasional occurrence but rather an everyday reality where children learn early that being sensitive, respectful, and kind earns them no respect. Jessie Klein makes the provocative argument that the rise of school shootings across America, and childhood aggression more broadly, are the consequences of a society that actually promotes aggressive and competitive behavior. The Bully Society is a call to reclaim America's schools from the vicious cycle of aggression that threatens our children and our society at large. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeartbreaking interviews illuminate how both boys and girls obtain status by acting \"masculine\"--displaying aggression at one another's expense as both students and adults police one another to uphold gender stereotypes. Klein shows that the aggressive ritual of gender policing in American culture creates emotional damage that perpetuates violence through revenge, and that this cycle is the main cause of not only the many school shootings that have shocked America, but also related problems in schools, manifesting in high rates of suicide, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-cutting, truancy, and substance abuse. After two decades working in schools as a school social worker and professor, Klein proposes ways to transcend these destructive trends--transforming school bully societies into compassionate communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessie Klein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814748880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814748886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.34w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/09\/2012 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/2012 pg. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012 pg. 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012","brand":"Jessie Klein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44128563396863,"sku":"9780814748886","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16e36601-bb37-42fc-ab7e-7ca711cfd372.jpg?v=1687459301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bully-society-jessie-klein-9780814748886","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}