Abstract
School threat assessment is a violence prevention strategy that has become widely used over the past 20 years; however, the procedures for a threat assessment are not well-known in education and it has received relatively little research attention. This article describes the rationale, procedures, and empirical support for the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines and also presents new findings from a study of graduation rates for 146 students who received a threat assessment in two large school districts. The graduation rate for these students was 83%, which was lower than the graduation rate for the general school population but comparable to the rate for control students with similar risk factors.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 109-117 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Preventing School Failure |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Graduation
- high school
- school safety
- threat assessment
- violence prevention
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Developmental and Educational Psychology