Searching for Safe Schools
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Vol. 8 (3) , 187-196
- https://doi.org/10.1177/106342660000800306
Abstract
Violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions, with a predictable spillover into public schools. The national concern over the problem of school violence has led to federal, state, and local efforts to address this issue by creating new laws and policies, which include adopting zero-tolerance approaches, conducting targeted and random searches of students and their property, using metal detectors, and preventing violence through education. In this article, we begin by examining these laws and policies.Then, we separate school district reactions to violence into three categories: tertiary, secondary, and primary prevention and describe procedures within each category. We end by proposing a framework within which school districts may develop legally correct policies and procedures to address school violence.Keywords
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