Taking a sociocultural approach to understanding violence, the authors in this collection examine how norms of gender, culture and educational practice contribute to school violence, providing strategies to intervene in and address violence in educational contexts.

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Case for Rethinking School Violence; K.Robinson, C.Davies& S.Saltmarsh PART I: SCHOOL VIOLENCE IN CONTEXT 'The Kid Most Likely': Naming, Brutality and Silence Within and Beyond School Settings; S.Saltmarsh The Historical and Political Roots of School Violence in South Africa: Developing a Cross-National Theory; R.Casella FYI...Virtual Space has a Context: Toward an Alternative Frame for Understanding Cyberbullying; A.Chapman& R.Buchanan PART II: GENDER AND SCHOOL VIOLENCE Sexual Harassment in Schools: Issues of Identity and Power - Negotiating the Complexities, Contexts, and Contradictions of this Everyday Practice; K.Robinson Schools, Violence, Masculinities and Privilege; M.Mills 'I'm Not Scared of the Teacher - I Can Hold Him - I Can Hold Him With My Bare Hands': Schoolboys, Male Teachers and Physical Violence at a Durban Secondary School in South Africa; R.Morrell, D.Bhana& V.Hamlall PART III: LANGUAGE, REPRESENTATION AND PRACTICE Speaking Violence: Homophobia and the Production of Injurious Speech in Schooling Cultures; C.Davies& D.McInnes Random School Shootings, Teen Culture and the Representation of Violence; S.Knox Young People, Ethical Sex and Violence Prevention; M.Carmody Conclusion; K.Robinson, C.Davies& S.Saltmarsh Bibliography Index