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What’s the problem with threat assessment?
Overview of security measures currently used in schools and their impact
News
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Threat Assessment Systems as a School Safety Strategy, New America, 2021
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How Should Schools Respond to Threats of Violence?, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2021
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Threat Assessments: Preventing School Violence or Creating Student Trauma?, k12dive, , 2021
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The Risks of Threat Assessment to Students Are Dire, Youth Today, 2020
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A 6-year-old Pointed a Finger Gun at Her Teacher and Said ‘I shoot you.’ Her School Called the Cops, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 2020
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Here’s How ‘Threat Assessments’ May Be Targeting Vulnerable Students, Education Post, 2019
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School Shootings Could Be Prevented If We Intervened in Cases of Troubled Students, NBC News, 2019
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Who's the Threat? Hundreds of Special Ed Students ID’d as Potential Threats, Searchlight New Mexico, 2019
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Columbine's Legacy: Experts Say Schools Must Focus More on Solutions, Less on Security, Green Bay Press Gazette, 2019
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Do the Harder Work - Create Cultures of Connectedness in Schools, Communities for Just Schools Fund, 2018
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The False Comfort of Securing Schools, New York Times, 2018
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More Schools Are Using Anonymous Tip Lines to Thwart Violence. Do They Work?, Education Week, 2018
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Controversial Discipline Program Not to Blame for Parkland School Shooting, Commission Finds, Education Week, 2018
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Targeted: A Family and the Quest to Stop the Next School Shooter, The Oregonian, 2018
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Wave Of ‘Red Flag’ Gun Laws Shows Power Of The Parkland Effect, Huffington Post, 2018
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The Futility of Trying to Prevent More School Shootings in America , The Atlantic, 2018
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Thwarted School Shooting Plans Don't Get Much Attention. Here's How That Affects School Safety Debates, Education Week, 2018
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How Schools Should Respond to a Student’s Threats, Education Week, January 9, 2018
Reports
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The Problems with Threat Assessments in Schools, National Disability Rights Network, 2012
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Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (gateway to resources and research), The University of Virginia
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States' Roles in Keeping Schools Safe: Opportunities and Challenges for State School Safety Centers and Other Actors, National Institute of Justice, 2017