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McCluskey, John D. – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
The face-to-face confrontation involved in the crime of robbery renders vast amounts of financial, physical, and psychological injury in the United States. This study developed hypotheses from existing literature regarding salient situational factors associated with the prevalence of overt physical coercion during commercial and street robberies.…
Descriptors: Criminals, Crime, Antisocial Behavior, Violence
McNeil, Michele – Education Week, 2013
As U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan works with other Obama administration officials on policy responses to the shootings at a Connecticut elementary school, he brings a personal and professional history that has acquainted him with the impact of gun violence. As schools chief in Chicago from 2001 to 2008, he was affected by the gun deaths…
Descriptors: Weapons, Gun Control, Advocacy, Violence
Pesetski, Christine; Ofstein, Jennifer; Outlaw, Stacy; Brooks, Racheal – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2014
This case details the challenges faced by various members of a 4-year university regarding Kathryn, a non-traditional transfer student and military veteran who recently returned from a traumatic deployment in Afghanistan. Precisely, this study identifies ambiguities pertaining to (a) threat assessment, (b) university weapons policies, (c) transfer…
Descriptors: College Students, Transfer Students, Veterans, Antisocial Behavior
Wilson, Charles P.; Wilson, Shirley A. – Campus Law Enforcement Journal, 2011
In March 2010, a committee formed by the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education recommended the arming of police officers at the state's three institutions of higher learning. The issue of arming campus police personnel is one fraught with political, philosophical, social, perceptual, and personal tensions, yet it is crucial to the…
Descriptors: Police, Law Enforcement, Weapons, Public Colleges
Poling, Alan; Weetjens, Bart; Cox, Christophe; Beyene, Negussie W.; Bach, Harvard; Sully, Andrew – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We used giant African pouched rats ("Cricetomys gambianus") as land mine-detection animals in Mozambique because they have an excellent sense of smell, weigh too little to activate mines, and are native to sub-Saharan Africa, and therefore are resistant to local parasites and diseases. In 2009 the rats searched 93,400 m[superscript 2] of…
Descriptors: Animals, Weapons, Operant Conditioning, Olfactory Perception
Webber, Jane M., Ed.; Mascari, J. Barry, Ed. – American Counseling Association, 2018
This timely book provides current research and skill-building information on Disaster Mental Health Counseling for counselors, educators, students, and mental health responders in agencies, schools, universities, and private practice. Recognized experts in the field detail effective clinical interventions with survivors in the immediate,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Counseling, Violence, Trauma
Birnbaum, Robert – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
The question of whether guns should be permitted on college and university campuses in the United States reflects the tension between two competing perspectives. America has both a robust gun culture and an equally robust (if less well known) gun-control culture. The gun culture is as American as apple pie: There may be as many as 300 million…
Descriptors: Weapons, Colleges, Campuses, School Safety
Schiller, Juliet – Educational Forum, 2013
What has been left out of studying school violence and shootings is a comprehensive look at the culture that creates violence and the lack of support for those deemed "different" in an educational setting that promotes and rewards competition. If parents, teachers, and other adults associated with children were teaching the values of…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, High School Students, Males
Theroux, Karen – Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2013
In 2007, a team of international security experts and researchers at the Henry L. Stimson Center launched an initiative to build an effective model for sustainable nonproliferation of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. The project represented an exciting and innovative way of thinking about security: a dual-use approach that operated at…
Descriptors: Organizational Objectives, Weapons, National Security, Models
Fisher, Debra A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The nuclear terrorist threat is far greater today than ever before, but the United States is unprepared to respond to the aftermath of a nuclear attack, whether perpetrated by rogue nuclear countries or the terrorist groups they support. Following the detonation of an improvised nuclear device (IND), citizens, not government personnel, become the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, War, Terrorism, Safety
Blair, J. Pete; Schwieit, Katherine W. – US Department of Justice, 2014
Active shooter is a term used by law enforcement to describe a situation in which a shooting is in progress and an aspect of the crime may affect the protocols used in responding to and reacting at the scene of the incident. Unlike a defined crime, such as a murder or mass killing, the active aspect inherently implies that both law enforcement…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Crime, Law Enforcement
Barker, Gina G.; Yoder, Mollie E. – Journal of School Public Relations, 2012
By examining Virginia Tech's crisis communication during and after the shootings on April 16, 2007, valuable insights were gained that may be applied to current crisis communication models. This article addresses the unique characteristics of educational institutions and the need for comprehensive emergency communication strategies and on-site…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Crisis Management, Colleges, Family School Relationship
Caliendo, Louis A. – Campus Law Enforcement Journal, 2012
It is important that first responders remain aware of the possible hazards resulting from chemical accidents or the intentional use of chemicals in destructive devices. Chemical components can be utilized in the manufacturing of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), can enhance the effect of a more conventional device, or can pose hazards based on…
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials, Accidents, Weapons, Chemistry
National Center for Education Statistics, 2022
This "At a Glance" highlights data from "The Condition of Education 2022" including statistics in the following categories: (1) Family Characteristics; (2) Preprimary, Elementary, and Secondary Education; (3) Postsecondary Education; (4) Population Characteristics and Economic Outcomes; and (5) International Comparisons. [For…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Preschool Education, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
De Angelis, Joseph; Wolf, Brian – Qualitative Report, 2013
Over the last several decades, "Tasers," "stun guns" and other conducted energy devices (CEDs) have become a widely adopted, though publicly controversial, form of police restraint technology. While there is a growing body of research on the physiological effects of these types of weapons, less attention has been devoted to the…
Descriptors: Weapons, Police, Attitudes, Interviews