The question of school violence became a burning issue of public debate more than twenty years ago. Yet all the available facts and figures indicate that the problem of physical and verbal aggression in schools is far from being resolved: not only are there more acts of aggression but their violence has increased.Eric Debarbieux, the director of the International Observatory on Violence in Schools and the organiser of four international conferences on the subject, provides the scientific grounding to help us understand and prevent school violence. Inspired by numerous international studies, the ten commandments that he presents here are in essence ten proposals that have the consensus of the scientific community. Ignoring the dictates of political correctness, the author presents his recommendations in a clear, accessible manner. He examines a wide range of issues: the efficiency and reliability of methods used to calculate the frequency of acts of school violence, how to protect victims, the conduct of teachers and educators, special training for school staff, and the role of parents and the community.The author is an international authority in the study and prevention of school violence.The ten recommendations the author gives here are based on his direct, intimate knowledge of the problem of violence in schools and on the numerous enquiries and studies he has carried out in the field. Often iconoclastic, his ten recommendations draw on the comparative study of a variety of experiences, not only in France and in other European countries but also in the United States and Africa. In making his recommendations the author has eschewed dogmatism, facile ideologies and demagogic arguments, in favour of a clear illuminating approach. ric Debarbieux, a professor at the University of Bordeaux-II, has directed many studies on school violence and juvenile delinquency in France and in many other countries. A former educator and teacher of troubled and at-risk children and teenagers, he is currently the director of the International Observatory on Violence in Schools and a member of the Orientation Committee for France's National Observatory on Juvenile Delinquency. / En France, le probl me de la violence l' cole est tout sauf r gl . Faut-il avoir peur pour nos enfants ? Ne peut-on vraiment rien faire pour traiter et surtout pr venir ces violences en milieu scolaire ? Reposant sur une connaissance intime du terrain, s'inspirant d'innombrables tudes men es en Europe, en Am rique ou encore en Afrique, voici dix propositions pour lutter efficacement contre la violence l' cole. Dix propositions claires qui concernent aussi bien la protection des victimes, l'action des quipes ducatives, la formation des personnels ou le r le d cisif des parents. Dix propositions concr tes, sans souci du politiquement correct, mais valid es par les meilleurs sp cialistes mondiaux. Dix propositions pour clairer, sans d magogie, le d bat fran ais et, plus que tout, permettre nos enfants de continuer de profiter de l' cole dans les meilleures conditions.Professeur l'universit Bordeaux-II, apr s avoir t ducateur et enseignant aupr s de jeunes en grande difficult, ric Debarbieux a dirig de nombreuses tudes sur la violence l' cole et la d linquance des mineurs, tant en France qu' l' tranger. Il est actuellement directeur de l'Observatoire international de la violence l' cole.
