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Christopher J. Seel; Katy Holloway; Ioannis Angelakis; Jennifer L. Austin – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2024
Positive effects of Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) frameworks have been reported in juvenile justice facilities but have not yet been extended to adult prisons. As part of initial PBIS development in a large prison in the United Kingdom, this study utilized focus groups to investigate the valued outcomes considered most…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Employees
LeiNitia Virginia Robinson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In the United States, only fourteen percent of inmates participated in educational classes, and less than seven percent participated in vocational training as stated by Coop and Bales (2018). The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the perceptions of correctional staff about the vocational training programs Black or Brown…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Vocational Education
Massirer, Tammie Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks exposed considerable breakdowns in communications interoperability and information sharing among first responders. Multijurisdictional responses to the active-shooter incidents at the University of Texas in 2010; Sandy Hook Elementary of Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, and the Reynolds High School shooting of…
Descriptors: Universities, Campuses, School Security, Security Personnel
Chang, Betty; Girma, Abel; Hopkins, Ben; McQueen, Daven; Katz, Jenny – Education Resource Strategies, 2020
We all want our schools to be safe, inviting and positive places for all students. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case. We are grappling with a history of systemic racism and police brutality against Black Americans in our country--a national reckoning that is playing out in our schools, too. As the research base grows on the negative…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, School Safety, African American Students, Racial Bias
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Brooks, Melanie C.; Sungtong, Ekkarin – Planning and Changing, 2014
The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences, issues, and concerns Thai government school principals have about the presence of armed military guards and how this helps or impedes their school leadership. Data were taken from a larger ongoing study of this topic and the findings suggest that the military protection of schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Military Personnel
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Miller, Bruce Granville – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2012
The many Coast Salish groups distributed on both sides of the United States-Canada border on the Pacific coast today face significant obstacles to cross the international border, and in some cases are denied passage or intimidated into not attempting to cross. The current situation regarding travel by Aboriginal people reflects the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, Barriers, Mobility