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Fiedler, Nora; Sommer, Friederike; Leuschner, Vincenz; Scheithauer, Herbert – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2019
The standardized, indicated school-based prevention program "Networks Against School Shootings" (NETWASS) combines a threat assessment approach with a general model of prevention of emergency situations in schools through early intervention in student psychosocial crises and training teachers to recognize warning signs of targeted school…
Descriptors: School Safety, Violence, Weapons, Prevention
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Page, Randy M.; Hammermeister, Jon – Adolescence, 1997
Reviews the prevalence of weapon-carrying among adolescents, focusing on the reasons why they carry weapons, ways that firearms are obtained, firearms and violence, and the controlling of weapons in schools. Details weapon-security measures and argues for cooperative action among schools, communities, and government. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Gun Control, Guns
Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1995
In school systems with a zero-tolerance policy, principals must recommend that students who carry weapons on campus be expelled. Some critics say zero-tolerance policies do not allow enough room for exceptions. Describes the Gun-Free Schools Act. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Expulsion, Gun Control
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Furlong, Michael J.; Bates, Michael P.; Smith, Douglas C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2001
Examines responses of 40,435 students from the "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey" and uses student self-reported school risk behaviors to "predict" recent weapon possession at school. Although school risk behaviors were moderately correlated with school weapon possession, many frequent weapon carriers displayed zero…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, High Risk Students, Models, Predictive Measurement
Stephens, Ronald D., Ed. – 1988
The increased presence of drugs and weapons in schools has forced school officials to step up searches of students, lockers, and school property. The landmark case of "New Jersey vs. TLO" set standards concerning reasonable suspicion and reasonable searches. School officials must be familiar with recent court opinions on student…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Discipline Policy