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Expulsions do not largely respond to school violence (Mendez & Knoff, 2003): over the past decade, 90% of U.S. Specific studies regarding the efficacy of zero-tolerance suspensions/expulsions in reducing violence conclude that zero-tolerance policies have had little to no impact on the decline in overall school violence (Skiba, Cohn, & Canter, 2004). One statistical analysis after another shows school violence has been on the decline since 1992-a trend that pre-dates our anti-bullying movement by a good six years … According to the NCES, nearly every indicator of danger in schools is trending downward: from the number of students who claimed they were robbed, to those who got into fights. We discuss the stigmatizing social influence of zero-tolerance policies and the “bully label,” and we suggest an alternative approach to preventing and responding to bullying behavior, grounded in empathy training. Not only are these policies ineffective in reducing bullying and school violence, and not only are they linked to an increase in covert bullying, we argue that they are also damaging for both the bullies and the bullied. In this paper we argue that the recent surge in anti-bullying programs, specifically the prevalence of zero-tolerance policies, has resulted in a counterproductive response to a valid problem. In short, over the past decade zero-tolerance policies have increased in scope and become more stringent. We say “required” because bullying offenses are not only managed at a local level, but are overseen by multiple federal departments. The mechanisms for expulsions are implemented under “zero-tolerance policies,” and according to an evidentiary review by the American Psychological Association ( 2008), “ policies appear to be relatively widespread in America's schools.” In order to trigger zero-tolerance policy procedures a student must have committed some sort of bullying/harassment/abuse the school is then required to expel the student.

Due in part to the prevailing perception that the Columbine shooters were victims of bullying, schools and the federal government implemented bullying awareness programs with systematic punishments and expulsions. Apmarked the thirteenth anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings.

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