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Susanne R. Gaal; Matthew B. Fuller – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Mass school shootings have created fear in the American public. The results of this fear have been the hardening of schools, lockdowns, and active shooter drills, yet the mass shootings have not ended. The goal of this study was to analyze the mental health awareness of K-12 public schools teachers in Texas with a goal to identify the…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Health
Benjamin P. Comer; Eric J. Connolly; Matthew B. Fuller – Journal of School Violence, 2024
While previous studies have assessed public opinions for arming teachers in K-12 schools in the United States, comparatively less research has focused on understanding teachers' opinions for such policies and assessed whether and to what extent school- and individual-level factors are associated with differences in support. The current study aims…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Weapons, School Safety
Abigail Ruth Brock Baker – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study was designed to explore the process of threat assessment training at schools in North Texas. Using a guided interview protocol, eight administrators with an array of experiences were selected from various districts in the North Texas area to gain multiple viewpoints on the perception of the threat assessment training process and…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Prevention, Risk Assessment
Tanner, John Garrett; Kelemen, William L. – Journal of School Violence, 2023
We assessed college students' perceptions of safety related to concealed carry of firearms on a university campus. Explicit assessments were collected before passage, before implementation, and after implementation of the law; implicit assessments were collected before and after implementation. For comparison, we included college students from a…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, College Environment, Weapons
Covarrubias, Jason E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
School shooting prevention has become a priority for educational leadership for nearly twenty years. The brutality and significant loss of life distinguish the attacks at Columbine High School and Sandy Hook Elementary School (Jonson, 2017). However, lawmakers encounter difficulty with the wide range of behaviors, program initiatives, and risk…
Descriptors: School Safety, Educational Planning, Violence, Prevention
Lizette Markie Paceley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Active shooter incidents are increasing across the United States. School leaders are faced with continued challenges in the classroom with growing concerns of school safety for students and teachers. Active shooter training is mandated in Texas. Yet, unknown are perceptions of teachers in Texas about active shooter training. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Weapons, School Safety, School Violence
Weiler, Spencer C.; Skousen, Jacob D.; Kopanke, Jason; Cornelius, Luke – Journal of School Violence, 2021
The issue of school safety is of paramount concern but what is lacking is clarity on the best course of action aimed at bolstering safety in public schools. We sought to answer the following research questions: What topics are addressed in school board policies related to arming employees? What outlying policy topics are addressed in school board…
Descriptors: School Safety, Violence, Weapons, School Districts
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2022
As the 2021-22 academic year came to a close, the United States was rocked by the news of another school mass shooting, this time at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen fourth-grade students and two of their teachers were killed when an 18-year-old former student entered the school through an unlocked door, made his way to his former…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Violence, Weapons, Student Behavior
James E. Jones V. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Campus shootings have impacted campuses across the United States for almost two centuries. Between 2015 and 2016, at least three historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) experienced multiple shootings where students were killed in each incident. This qualitative comparative case study used secondary data to explore the similarities and…
Descriptors: Violence, Black Colleges, Weapons, Campuses
Gaal, Susanne R.; Fuller, Matthew B.; Szaal, Stacie; Linn, Katherine; Ford, Cherokee – School Leadership Review, 2022
The 2020 Texas Educators' Needs Assessment Regarding School Safety and Victims Services included responses from educators across the state of Texas regarding school safety. This needs assessment generated data that provided researchers with the unique opportunity to analyze the school safety issues in Texas (Fuller et al, 2020). The purpose of the…
Descriptors: School Violence, School Safety, Weapons, Crime
Sandersen, Brandy Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2018
At the end of the 84th Legislative session, Texas joined seven other states in giving individuals the right to carry a concealed handgun on campuses of higher education. With guns being allowed on higher education campuses, little is known about the perceptions of the students whom attend these higher education institutions. Politicians are making…
Descriptors: Weapons, School Safety, Campuses, Higher Education
Walker, David R.; Sampson, Pauline M. – School Leadership Review, 2018
The decision on how to protect the children and youth while at schools is a serious conversation with varying agreements on the best practices. Some feel that school personnel should not be trained nor expected to be able to react to an armed person while others believe that training of school personnel and allowing them to be armed will deter…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Planning, School Safety, Emergency Programs
Deboer, Lee Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of gender and sexual orientation on students' perceptions of campus safety and carrying concealed handguns. A comparative research study was used to evaluate the statistical differences on the perceptions of fear of crime and campus carry by gender and sexual orientation. For this study, a total…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Sexual Orientation, School Safety, Student Attitudes
Ward, LaWanda; Nguyen, David J.; Nguyen, David H. K. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
The role of student affairs educators is to ensure that students not only obtain an educational experience, but also that out-of-classroom experiences contribute to holistic development. In particular, student affairs professionals often coordinate residential living, student activities, and advising programs. These programmatic offerings need to…
Descriptors: Weapons, Violence, Prevention, Accountability
Custer, Bradley D. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
Colleges and universities commonly review the criminal history of students who apply to live in campus housing, but this practice may be inherently discriminatory. New guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development warns that the Fair Housing act, which applies to higher education institutions, prohibits the use of any practice…
Descriptors: Crime, Background, College Students, College Housing