It is hard to imagine a more important contemporary topic than school violence or a more timely publication than School Violence: Assessment, Management, Prevention. The editors, Mohammad Shafii and Sharon Lee Shafii, have pulled together a distinguished cadre of contributors, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, attorneys, and educators. Mohammad Shafii is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Sharon Lee Shafii is a psychiatric nurse.