Using Metal Detectors in the Public Schools: Some Legal Issues.

Bjorklun, Eugene C.

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ERIC Number: EJ537468

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Publication Date: 1996

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Using Metal Detectors in the Public Schools: Some Legal Issues.

Bjorklun, Eugene C.

West's Education Law Quarterly, v5 n4 p702-15 Oct 1996

Examines two legal issues related to the use of metal detectors in public schools: their legality under the Fourth Amendment and the potential liability of schools who fail to use them to keep weapons out of their buildings. (91 footnotes) (MLF)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Responsibility, Public Schools, School Safety, Search and Seizure, Violence, Weapons

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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