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Kelley Jean Montz – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The goal of this qualitative case study was to determine what institutional processes and practices have been developed in relationship to mass shootings and gun violence, as well as how mass shootings in educational settings impact the way a campus responds and prepares a safety plan. Through speaking with threat assessment team members, student…
Descriptors: Weapons, Violence, Best Practices, Police School Relationship
Ritchie, Stuart – Education Next, 2023
School shootings are at an all-time high. That's according to the National Center for Education Statistics, which has been keeping track of the numbers for about 20 years. What are schools to do? Is there a "profile" of the typical school shooter that could help us identify those who might commit a shooting in the future? Is there some…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Prediction, Student Characteristics
Johnson, Natasha N.; Johnson, Thaddeus L. – Cogent Education, 2023
Using the state of Georgia as a backdrop, this paper highlights the current state of the GFSA (Gun-Free Schools Act) in the United States of America, initially enacted in 1994, 30 years later. The progress of school-based ZTPs (Zero Tolerance Policies) in practice shows that progress remains slow a quarter of a century later. In response, this…
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, School Policy, Weapons, Violence
Oliphant, Stephen N. – Youth & Society, 2023
Much of the existing research on adolescent firearm and weapon carrying lacks a theoretical framework. Relatedly, few studies have examined the relationship between weapon carrying and bullying victimization experienced at school, which has been established as a key strain in adolescence. The present study seeks to provide a partial test of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Weapons, Grade 7
Irish, Allen J. – Journal of College Counseling, 2020
Experiencing a traumatic event as a college student can have significant social, emotional, and academic consequences. This article discusses the use of an alternative protocol of eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing, called Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (E. Shapiro & Laub, 2008), and its use to reduce significant psychological…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Trauma, Eye Movements
Lucy-Gulley, Darlett – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the United States Anti-Bullying Legislations in preventing, minimizing, and eliminating bullying in secondary schools in instances where shootings have occurred and maintaining student accountability. This researcher considered how applying the social learning and criminal justice deterrence theories…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Program Effectiveness, Bullying, Prosocial Behavior
Kristin G. Crichton; Farah W. Brink; Kelli N. Patterson; Nichole L. Michaels – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2021
Statement of Purpose: The purpose of this study is to epidemiologically describe firearms injuries treated at a Level 1 pediatric trauma center occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic and compare them to injuries seen in the year prior. Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of patients seen by pediatric trauma surgery for a firearm injury…
Descriptors: Children, Weapons, Injuries, COVID-19
Erick J. Lindsey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research study focuses on students' and faculty's awareness and preparedness during an active-shooter event. The study examines the perceptions and abilities of the students and faculty at a large southern university. The study surveys the participants current ability to use and their opinions of using the emergency alert notification system…
Descriptors: School Safety, Weapons, College Faculty, Emergency Programs
Tracey Holt – ProQuest LLC, 2024
According to recent research, gun violence at schools has become a public health issue. Teachers, administrators, students, and communities are trying to cope with the aftermath of gun violence at schools. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to identify coping mechanisms among teachers and administrators after experiencing…
Descriptors: Weapons, Coping, Stress Variables, Decision Making
Terri N. Sullivan; Katherine M. Ross; Kelly E. O'Connor; Colleen S. Walsh; Diane Bishop – Youth & Society, 2024
This study identified risk, promotive, and protective factors for handgun carriage among 265 primarily African American adolescents (M[subscript age] = 14.3) living in low-income urban areas. Community-based violent victimization and witnessing violence and in-person and cyber forms of peer victimization increased the probability of handgun…
Descriptors: African American Children, Adolescents, Weapons, Violence
Somers, Pat; Gao, Huajian; Taylor, Z. W. – Education and Urban Society, 2023
As campus carry policies are implemented at colleges and universities across the country, the concern for the safety of students, faculty members, and campus community members has heightened. In the state of Texas, broad sweeping campus carry policies were recently enacted by Texas State Legislature that allows individuals to conceal carry…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Teacher Attitudes, Weapons, School Safety
Chambers, Drew – Educational Theory, 2022
In this essay, Drew Chambers argues that the implementation of modern security technology in American schools (also known as target hardening) may do more harm than good, especially when such technologies represent the primary mode of risk responsiveness. In using technological measures to reduce risk, schools may inadvertently undermine both…
Descriptors: School Security, Educational Trends, Technology, Violence
Mirra, Nicole; Garcia, Antero – American Educational Research Journal, 2022
This article analyzes how guns emerged as both urgent topics of dialogue and common features of everyday life for 228 students and their teachers in six communities across the United States who participated in the Digital Democratic Dialogue (3D) Project, a year long social design-based experiment aimed at foregrounding youth voice and fostering…
Descriptors: Weapons, Civics, Citizenship Education, Violence
Kreski, Noah T.; Chen, Qixuan; Olfson, Mark; Cerdá, Magdalena; Martins, Silvia S.; Mauro, Pia M.; Branas, Charles C.; Rajan, Sonali; Keyes, Katherine M. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Being bullied online is associated with being bullied in school. However, links between online bullying and violence-related experiences are minimally understood. We evaluated potential disparities in these associations to illuminate opportunities to reduce school-based violence. Methods: We used five cohorts of Youth Risk Behavior…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Violence, Aggression
Stewart, Ilaria; Wertz, Joseph; Jen, Howard – Journal of School Violence, 2022
Despite its rarity, school-associated violent death (SAVD) has wide-ranging implications on school safety, education quality, public health, politics, and more. This review article summarizes the data sources most used to surveil and study SAVD, the novel findings and recurring themes of original SAVD research, and the persisting gaps in SAVD…
Descriptors: Violence, Death, School Safety, Attention