School violence is not a new issue for the nineties. School violence has been around
             since the nineteen fifties, but was more an issue of juvenile delinquency. The difference
             between the 1950's and 1990's is that the student conflicts are more likely to be settled
             with the use of weapons in the nineties. The availability of weapons today has seemingly
             increased the severity of which young people settle their arguments.
             From a sociological perspective, the increase of violence in
             schools in poor neighborhoods is a reflection of the community itself. The social ills-
             poverty, single parent homes, drugs, prostitution, teenage pregnancy and street violence
             has crept into the school community. Furthermore, in poverty stricken areas, the schools
             generally do not have the financial resources to spend on students compared to other
             middle/upper class communities. Hence, the students from poorer communities feel they
             have already been labeled as less desirable than others. This can cause frustration with
             students and could often lead to violence.
             Of course, we know that school violence is not limited to lower
             socioeconomic areas. School violence occurs in all geographic, social or economic facets
             of our society. Teachers tend to believe that school violence is a result of sociologic
             factors such as: lack of parental supervision, lack of family involvement and exposure to
             violence in the mass media. These factors can be traced to high divorce rates, both
             parents working and the high availability of mass media,e.g. television, Internet, etc. In a
             recent article in Time magazine, they claimed that school violence in suburban schools is
             partially a result of society's "mega store" mentality. We have closed down "mom and
             pop" stores in favor of mega stores to respond to societies increased needs to save time
             and money. Some school districts have responded in kind....