School closures under coronavirus have raised significant risks for vulnerable students who face maltreatment and exposure to violence. Here are five priorities to address when reopening schools.
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Children are increasingly being exposed to more violence. The impact? They could get desensitized to violence and come to believe that it is an acceptable way to solve problems.
Youngsters who grow up in a culture of anger and violence may be drawn to gangs, and schools then become fertile grounds for criminal behaviour.
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Head of Research, faculty of Education, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Professor of Family and Child Welfare, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor and Director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor, Département de psychoéducation, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
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Full Professor, Director of the Centre for Research on Children and Families, McGill University