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Predicting the Next School Shooting May Never Be Possible: If It's Not Possible, Is Threat Assessment the Best Alternative?
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Ritchie, Stuart – Education Next, 2023
School shootings are at an all-time high. That's according to the National Center for Education Statistics, which has been keeping track of the numbers for about 20 years. What are schools to do? Is there a "profile" of the typical school shooter that could help us identify those who might commit a shooting in the future? Is there some…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Prediction, Student Characteristics
Synthesizing Knowledge on Equity and Equity-Based School Safety Strategies
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Espelage, Dorothy L.; Woolweaver, Ashley B.; Robinson, Luz E. – National Institute of Justice, 2023
This publication provides an overview of the literature on school safety in the United States, with a focus on equity. Using the framework developed by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), this publication situates a comprehensive school safety approach as a balance of three key elements: physical safety, school climate, and student behavior,…
Descriptors: School Safety, Equal Education, Justice, Educational Environment
The Role of Threat Assessment and Management in College Counseling: How's That Net Working?
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Pollard, Jeffrey W.; Flynn, Christopher; Eells, Gregory T. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2015
The authors respond to Goodwin's (2014) "Threat Assessment: Are We Using the Wrong Nets?" and use that article as a springboard to discuss various aspects of the threat assessment and management process. We find that Goodwin misses critical elements of the threat assessment and management process, conflates the process with two types of…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, College Students, Risk Assessment, Emergency Programs
Analysis of Risk Management in Adapted Physical Education Textbooks
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Murphy, Kelle L.; Donovan, Jacqueline B.; Berg, Dominck A. – Physical Educator, 2016
Physical education teacher education (PETE) programs vary on how the topics of safe teaching and risk management are addressed. Common practices to cover such issues include requiring textbooks, lesson planning, peer teaching, videotaping, reflecting, and reading case law analyses. We used a mixed methods design to examine how risk management is…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Adapted Physical Education, Textbooks, Physical Education
Responding to and Supporting Students with Disabilities: Risk Management Considerations
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Lundquist, Anne; Shackelford, Allan – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
Making the "right" risk management decisions involving students with significant psychological disabilities requires a clear and comprehensive understanding of the legal obligations and duties at issue. It also requires taking into consideration the best interests of these individual students. At the same time, decision makers must focus…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Decision Making, Disabilities, Student Needs
Managing Confrontations Safely and Effectively
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Moriarty, Anthony – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2009
Most Monday mornings are noisy affairs where students and staff members are catching up on the events of the weekend. Sometimes these events are disputes that have festered over the weekend and are now ready to get settled. When a confrontation between students occurs, noise levels accelerate, students begin running, and an unnerving combination…
Descriptors: School Safety, Safety Education, Risk Management, Emergency Programs