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What Can Be Done About School Shootings?: A Review Of The Evidence, Randy Borum, Dewey Cornell, William Modzeleski, Shane Jimerson Jan 2010

What Can Be Done About School Shootings?: A Review Of The Evidence, Randy Borum, Dewey Cornell, William Modzeleski, Shane Jimerson

Randy Borum

School shootings have generated great public concern and fostered a widespread impression that schools are unsafe for many students; this article counters those misapprehensions by examining empirical evidence of school and community violence trends and reviewing evidence on best practices for preventing school shootings. Many of the school safety and security measures deployed in response to school shootings have little research support, and strategies such as zero tolerance discipline and student profiling have been widely criticized as unsound practices. Threat assessment is identified as a promising strategy for violence prevention that merits further study. The article concludes with an overview …


Evaluation Of Youth In The Juvenile Justice System, Randy Borum, Randy Otto Jan 2004

Evaluation Of Youth In The Juvenile Justice System, Randy Borum, Randy Otto

Randy Borum

No abstract provided.


Managing At Risk Juvenile Offenders In The Community: Putting Evidence Based Principles Into Practice, Randy Borum Jan 2003

Managing At Risk Juvenile Offenders In The Community: Putting Evidence Based Principles Into Practice, Randy Borum

Randy Borum

No abstract provided.