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Ferraraccio, Michael – Journal of Law and Education, 1999
Asks whether proponents' justifications for using metal detectors to counteract school violence are compelling enough to override students' privacy interests. Concludes that there are serious constitutional concerns raised by using metal detectors. The rationale for upholding school searches in other contexts does not apply to metal-detector…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Privacy, Public Schools

Bailey, Kirk A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2001
Discusses how predicting violent activity with a youth violence profile in school raises legal concerns focusing on the validity and use of profiles as social science evidence: the impact of potential discrimination, search and seizure, and the implications for privacy. Argues that these issues rest on fundamental concerns about the general…
Descriptors: Legal Responsibility, Predictive Measurement, Privacy, Schools
Stelly, Philip – American School Board Journal, 1984
Discusses legal problems of a policy permitting the use of metal detectors to search students suspected of carrying concealed weapons. A wholesale search policy was challenged as a violation of students' rights, so the board adopted a selective search policy based on reasonable suspicion. (TE)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems
Elliott, Delbert S.; Grady, Jane M.; Heys, Landa; Ntepp, Rhonda; Williams, Susan – Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2002
Nationwide, schools, communities, parents and students recognize the continuing need to make schools a safe place, an environment where children can learn without fear for their safety. In the past few years, the available research on violence prevention has increased, providing legislators with important information about effective violence…
Descriptors: School Safety, Planning, Violence, Prevention

Johnson, Robert S. – Journal of Law and Education, 2000
Disagrees with Ferraraccio's views and argues that: (1) students do bring illegal weapons to school; (2) metal detectors do detect weapons and help schools to disarm students; (3) disarming students reduces the threat of violence; and (4) courts have repeatedly approved the constitutionality of weapon-related suspicionless student searches…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Prevention
Petzko, Vicki Nord – Principal Leadership, 2001
Teachers continue to be underinformed about legal issues affecting schools. Litigation and case law since 1998 suggest that principals should provide teachers with additional training in the areas of school violence, school prayer, sexual harassment, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, data privacy, and student suicide. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education

McCarthy, Martha M.; Webb, L. Dean – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
School administrators are challenged to maintain the delicate balance between protecting individuals' rights and ensuring the general welfare by maintaining a safe, secure learning environment. Legal principles and precedents governing restrictions on student appearance, privacy and procedural rights, harassment and hate crimes, and suicide are…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Due Process
Russo, Charles J., Ed.; Mawdsley, Ralph D., Ed. – 2002
This publication highlights and explains some 400 court cases from 2002 involving issues of school violence and safety. It is divided into four sections, or topics: (1) "The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure" (R. Mawdsley); (2) "Negligence" (W. Evans, Jr.); (3) "Assault on School Personnel" (M. Yates); and (4) "Drugs and Weapons in Schools" (M.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Court Litigation, Courts, Elementary Secondary Education