Tag: School violence
Video of 6-year-old girl’s arrest shows the perils of putting police...
F. Chris Curran, University of Florida
When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids...
Arrests of 6-year-olds shows the perils of putting police in primary...
F. Chris Curran, University of Florida
When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids...
Colorado shooting eerily recalls Columbine massacre
Jillian Peterson, Hamline University and James Densley, Metropolitan State University
Columbine. Contagion. Clusters.
These are the culprits to consider as the nation reels from...
School shooters usually show these signs of distress long before they...
Jillian Peterson, Hamline University and James Densley, Metropolitan State University
Two years before he lined his schoolmates up against a classroom wall and...
School suspensions don’t stop violence – they help students celebrate it
Charles Bell, Illinois State University
When school officials suspend students, the idea is to maintain a safe environment and deter violence and other problematic...
School safety commission misses the mark by ignoring guns
F. Chris Curran, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A federal school safety commission that formed after the Parkland, Florida, school massacre won’t be focusing on...
Culture of trust is key for school safety
Calvin Morrill, University of California, Berkeley and Michael Musheno, University of Oregon
When we first visited the school that is the focus of our forthcoming...
School resource officers can prevent tragedies, but training is key
Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University
Despite legitimate concerns about the effects of placing school resource officers in the nation’s schools, the reality is having these...