Is violent behaviour in our schools being normalized and even hidden. Have we thought deeply enough about what is at the root of the problem of escalating violence against teachers and school staff.

Chris Bruckert is a Professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa. Darcy Santor is Professor of Psychology, Practicing Clinical Psychologist, also at the University of Ottawa.

In the first of this two part series, we talk about these questions in the context of their report, The Escalating Crisis of Violence Against Elementary School Educators in Ontario.

For a full copy of the report, visit: https://educatorviolence.net/