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Month: February 2018

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“Now I have to go back to where my friends were killed”: the hard return to school of a young Venezuelan woman after the Parkland shooting

February 28, 2018

Two weeks after the shooting that left 17 dead, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School returned to classes on Wednesday. On the return, BBC Mundo accompanied one of the survivors. This is her account and this is the story of the first day of school after the massacre. Read the full article here. Source: BBC Mundo Author: Lioman … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mass shooting, trauma, school shooting, school safety, healing

Group Aggression

February 28, 2018

Group aggression is an important concern for societies around the world. The field of intergroup relations, a sub-field of social-psychology, offers critical insight into the emergence of group conflict and aggression. This review examines the most influential theoretical frameworks from the field of intergroup relations, namely realistic conflict … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research, Peer-Reviewed

Why the usual approach to school security isn’t working

February 16, 2018

Mass shootings are becoming increasingly deadly. Recent studies have demonstrated that active shooter drills may increase anxiety and fear among students, as well as contribute to a negative school culture, which is a risk factor for school violence. Data indicates that before mass violence takes place, there is typically an immediate trigger in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Mass shootings, violence prevention, crisis, School shootings, intervention

Minnesota incident included in 2018 U.S. school-shooting total shouldn’t be, police official says

February 15, 2018

Eighteen. That’s the number repeated across airwaves and on websites after Wednesday’s deadly Florida school shooting, as it was called the 18th one in the United States in 2018. That statistic lumped the Parkland, Fla., incident, where a student armed with an AR-15 killed 17 people, with one Minnesota incident. On Feb. 5, a third-grader … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: School shootings, school safety, gun safety

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