Staying Safe at School: What You Need to Know [Paperback]

Chester L. Quarles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2000

Written to youth, this timely book informs teens (and parents) what every student can do to increase his or her own safety, both at school and in the community. With 40% of all robberies involving children occurring at school and 36% of all criminal assaults involving children occurring at school, the "myth" is that the individual can do very little to prevent, deter, or avoid crime. This book challenges that myth by showing teens (and parents) what to do to protect themselves.

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About the Author

Chester Quarles is a professor of political science and director of the criminal justice program at the University of Mississippi. He has served as a Military Policeman in the U.S. Army, in the Mississippi Crime Laboratory, and as the director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. He has also been a private investigator, is CEO of his own full-service private security firm, and has traveled extensively with Crisis Consultants International, a crisis management firm for missionary and humanitarian organizations. The father of five and grandfather of nine, he and his wife live in Tula, Mississippi outside of Oxford.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Broadman & Holman Pub (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805424210
• ISBN-13: 978-0805424218
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,280,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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