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Kruis, Nathan E.; McLean, Katherine; Rakhmatullaev, Bobur; Bish, David – Journal of School Violence, 2022
This exploratory study used data collected from a representative sample of 522 Pennsylvania residents and 238 Pennsylvania college students to measure attitudes toward four different types of campus carry (CC) -- student, faculty, staff, and universal carry. Findings indicated that a slight majority of both samples believed that armed staff and…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Weapons, College Students
Wiseman, Rachel – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
Five years after the Virginia Tech massacre prompted a student in Texas to start a Facebook page in favor of the right to carry concealed weapons on college campuses, the resulting group, Students for Concealed Carry, has advanced its cause. In more than a dozen states, legislation has been introduced to allow the carrying of concealed firearms on…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Campuses, School Safety
Kelly, Paul D. – 2001
Noting that parents are very concerned about the safety of their children and the impact school violence has on their children's academic success, this report is intended to help parents and others understand how school safety is monitored in Arkansas. The report presents information on what students say about their access to weapons and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Opinion