Effects of school violence

A recent World Health Organization report found that about 40 per cent of 13-year-olds across 35 countries have fought, have bullied others or have been victims of bullying. When you include the number of young people who have said they've witnessed any form of school violence, the numbers climb to more than 90 per cent. perpetrators of school violence do not fit a specific profile — the personality and social characteristics of the shooters they studied varied substantially. They came from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, were between the ages of 11 and 21 years, and came from intact homes as well as non intact homes. They also weren't the ones who were failing academically; many of them were good to excellent students. Few were diagnosed with any mental disorder prior to the incident, and less than one-third had histories of drug or alcohol abuse. The lesson here is that there is no benefit to profiling tactics where school violence is concerned. And most importantly, children who attack don't just "snap" — they plan. Incidents of targeted violence in schools are rarely impulsive. More than half the time, the motive is revenge. As a result of careful study of school shootings, we now know that attackers talked about their plans before taking action in more than three-quarters of the one in 50 Ontario high school students reports carrying a gun at least once during a 12 month period The• absolute numbers of youth estimated to carry a gun vary widely across Ontario: 2,400 in Toronto; 600 in Northern Ontario; 7,600 in Western Ontario; 4,200 in Eastern Ontario.. What are the numbers for Manitoba..... I will update you once I have found them.