"Densley and Peterson write that the “overwhelming number of shootings and shooting threats” have left schools struggling to respond, resulting in a patchwork of different measures that have failed to slow the frequency of attacks across the states. The two scholars contrast this local response to school shooting in the U.S. to the national … [Read more...]
3 things to know about America’s relentless gun violence
Texas gunman warned of Uvalde school shooting in private Facebook message
"An overwhelming number of school shooters — 80 percent — display warning signs ahead of their attacks, such as discussing them online or in person, said Jillian Peterson, an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Hamline University in Minnesota. “The most common is they tell their classmates,” said Peterson, who has studied … [Read more...]
Preventing Student Violence: 3 Key Takeaways
"In her own work, Peterson and her fellow researchers have found variation in how trained law-enforcement officers even respond to hypothetical situations, like a student drawing of a violent act. That’s why Peterson favors a “slight rebrand” of threat assessment, preferring to call it “crisis management” instead. A student may be in an … [Read more...]
Responding to Student Threats: Schools Wrestle With How to Prevent Violence
As school shooting threats are at an all time high, the following article discusses how to deal with them to prevent the threat of mass violence in schools. Read more here. Author: Evie Blad Source: Education Week … [Read more...]
How to prevent a mass shooting? Police options are limited
"Most of the time, authorities rely on tips from an informal network of parents, teachers, students, coaches and counselors. Researchers who study mass shootings say the decentralized approach can lead to information silos between agencies, which makes follow-through especially difficult. “At the moment, it’s just individual agencies, individual … [Read more...]