Abstract
This study aimed at identifying the causes of students’ violence from the student’s point of view, and also aimed at investigating the proper solutions to reduce the spread of violence at AL- Hussein Bin Talal University. The study sample consisted of (906) male and female students from Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, who have enrolled the summer semester during the academic year (2011/2012). The sample was selected randomly from faculties of Arts, Science, Information Technology, Education, Engineering, Tourism Archaeology, Business Administration & Economics and Faculty of Nursing. Respondents -both males and females- belong to different academic years: first, second, third and fourth year. In order to invistigate the most significant reasons of violence, information were gathered through a questionnaire of a five point scale for the measurement of the scale, and the results had showed that the major causes of violence as reported by the respondents were tribal fanaticism, nepotism, tribal effects on the society, not respecting students and improper treatment, psychological stress and disorders, weakness of the religious restrain and bad investment of free time.
Highlights
The phenomenon of violence requires attention, as it is spreading in developed and developing countries as the same, and it has its political, economic, social, cultural and psychological aspects, as defined by all human societies, and this rapid spread of this phenomenon had affected the political, social and economical environment, many sociologists sees that reforming any society will be through the control of this phenomenon within the community.In recent years, the world has witnessed a widespread of violence in all parts of the society in general, and at universities in particular, in addition to an increasing number of crimes, regardless of countries, areas or origins
In order to invistigate the most significant reasons of violence, information were gathered through a questionnaire of a five point scale for the measurement of the scale, and the results had showed that the major causes of violence as reported by the respondents were tribal fanaticism, nepotism, tribal effects on the society, not respecting students and improper treatment, psychological stress and disorders, weakness of the religious restrain and bad investment of free time
Many studies were conducted on this field and discussed the impact of violence, and the following is a presentation of some of these studies: Motoko (2001) study in the United States, entitled, “Violence in the middle school years in Japan and the United States: the impact of the academic competition on the students violent”, where the researcher used three tools to get the data related to the data of the victims of the schools violence from (37) different nationalisms, as well as the survey data on (922) students, and the study results showed that violence prevails in 37 schools nationwide
Summary
The phenomenon of violence requires attention, as it is spreading in developed and developing countries as the same, and it has its political, economic, social, cultural and psychological aspects, as defined by all human societies, and this rapid spread of this phenomenon had affected the political, social and economical environment, many sociologists sees that reforming any society will be through the control of this phenomenon within the community.In recent years, the world has witnessed a widespread of violence in all parts of the society in general, and at universities in particular, in addition to an increasing number of crimes, regardless of countries, areas or origins. The phenomenon of violence requires attention, as it is spreading in developed and developing countries as the same, and it has its political, economic, social, cultural and psychological aspects, as defined by all human societies, and this rapid spread of this phenomenon had affected the political, social and economical environment, many sociologists sees that reforming any society will be through the control of this phenomenon within the community. It is doubtless that successful educational process, whether in schools or universities, requires a secure and safe environment, and to achieve this goal, all society members have to combine efforts and work together and cooperate in order to stop this threat and prevent its negative impact on the society (Wiley & Sons, 2001). University community is distinguished from other communities, affects and is affected by other phenomenon, and what happens inside the campus is reflected outside
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
