NCJ Number
199320
Journal
Campus Safety Journal Volume: 11 Issue: 3 Dated: March 2003 Pages: 24-25,41
Editor(s)
Tom Nelson
Date Published
March 2003
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This article suggests procedures for identifying and managing threats to school safety and security.
Abstract
Many students who come to the attention of threat assessment teams may need help and support. Assisting, directing, and managing these youth and their situations should be high priorities for threat assessment team members. When the findings of a threat assessment inquiry or investigation suggest that a student has the interest, motive, and ability to mount a school attack, and has started down a path toward attack, the primary mission is to prevent the attack and protect possible targets. Accordingly, an individual management/monitoring plan should be developed for any student who is identified in a threat assessment inquiry as posing a threat of targeted violence. The successful management of a threatening situation requires substantial time and effort. Management of these situations involves three related functions. First, the situation and/or student should be controlled or contained in a way that will prevent the possibility of an attack. Second, possible targets should be protected and assisted; and third, support and guidance should be provided to the student to help him/her deal successfully with his/her problems.