This publication addresses many of the complexities of violence, and provides information to prepare educators and parents to combat violence in schools and communities. The chapters are: (1) "How Educators, Students, Parents, and Law Enforcement Officials See School Violence" (Rose M. Duhon-Sells and Halloway C. Sells); (2) "Addressing School Violence through an Understanding of Gangs and Gang-Related Behaviors" (Vera Inez Daniels and Theodore Pikes); (3) "Curbing Violence: A Challenge for the Nation's Schools" (Elton C. Harrison); (4) Family Violence and the Schools (Victor C. Kirk); (5) "Identification of Various Levels of School Violence" (Alfred D. Frederick); (6) "Variations in Violence" (Gwendolyn M. Duhon-Haynes, Harry Albert, and Alice Duhon-Ross); (7) "Governmental Initiatives To Reduce Violence in the Schools" (Leon R. Tarver, II); (8) "School Violence: Preparing Preservice Teachers" (Patricia J. Larke and Norvella P. Carter); (9) "Disarming Our Children: What Every Parent Can and Should Do" (Lanier Cordell); (10)"What We Can Do about Gangs" (Mary Lynn Cantrell); (11) "Techniques for Reducing School Violence" (Mary M. Addison and Dolores A. Westmoreland); (12) "Mediating Power Struggles between Students" (Allen N. Mendler); (13) "Nourishing the Sense of Self in School-Age Children in an Effort To Stop Violence in Schools" (Emma Thomas Pitts); (14) "Students as Conflict Resolvers in Schools: Two Models that Work" (Cynthia L. Jackson and Luis C. Hines); (15) "Critical Thinking as a Conflict Resolution Strategy" (Jacqulin Sensley Jacobs and Roy L. Jacobs, Sr.); (16) "Resolving School Conflicts through Appropriate Multicultural Education Programs" (Calvin Walker, Preston Dinkins, and Jane W. Robinson); (17) "Restoring Human Dignity: A Model for Prevention and Intervention" (VerJanis A. Peoples and Gerald C. Peoples); and (18) "Reducing School Violence: Resources To Assist Teachers" (Patricia J. Larke, Comp. and Norvella P. Carter, Comp.). Chapters contain references. (SLD)