Breaking the Code of SILENCE.

SCHOOL violence; CRIMES against students; CHILD psychology; CHILDREN'S secrets; SECRECY

Deals with issues concerning secrecy among students, and how it contributes to school violence in the U.S. Findings of a study, which investigated the response of several students, who were told of an impending attack but failed to report it to school authorities; Common reason of students for practicing the code of secrecy on potential school violence; Origin of the code of secrecy among children; Elements that should be present in the school culture to encourage students to confide in adults.