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Direct linkTrump, Kenneth S. – District Administration, 2013
In this article, the author shares his thoughts for district administrators regarding the Sandy Hook Elementary school tragedy. Administrators heard a lot of potential solutions or attempts at solutions. However, these proposals raise lengthy lists of implementation questions and issues that illustrate a lack of understanding of school operations,…
Descriptors: School Security, Best Practices, Reflection, Administrators
Fox, James Alan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
The gun smoke had barely cleared from the lecture hall at Northern Illinois University where last week a former graduate student had executed five students before killing himself when local and national scribes began speculating about a new trend in mass murder American-style. The "Chicago Tribune" Web site, quick with coverage of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Violence, School Safety, School Security
Bete, Tim, Ed. – School Planning and Management, 1998
Presents the opinions of four security experts on the issue of guns in schools. The experts respond to the following questions: will schools ever be free of weapons; will card access systems become common in public schools; will metal detectors solve school security problems; and will students ever be issued bullet-proof vests along with…
Descriptors: Guns, Public Schools, School Security, Secondary Education
Menacker, Julius; Mertz, Richard – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1994
Identifies laws from 36 states responding to school crime and violence in the following categories: (1) assault, battery, and related violent crime; (2) illicit drugs; (3) possession of weapons; (4) vandalism and damage to school property; and (5) miscellaneous statutes. Draws policy implications for states. (102 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Crime, Elementary Secondary Education, Illegal Drug Use, Public Schools
Johnson, Robert S. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Before electing to utilize metal-detection devices for random weapons searches of students, school districts should be prepared for the possibility of having to litigate the legality of their policies. Reviews the limited case law on the subject, and offers recommendations to districts that decide to proceed with the development of such a policy.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Responsibility, Policy Formation
Wood, R. Craig; Chestnutt, Mark D. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1995
Discusses the federal constitutional limits placed on school officials in various attempts to reduce crime in their schools. Describes searches of a student's person and belongings, school lockers, and the use of metal detectors. Possible pitfalls for schools in their efforts to reduce crime include due process requirements. (97 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Crime, Due Process
