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Office of the Attorney General: Washington, D.C. 20530.(youth violence in America)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Youth violence has been one of the greatest single crime problems we face in this country. We have focused on this problem, working in partnership with state and local governments to develop prevention and enforcement programs that work. Youth...

Message from FBI Director Freeh.(school safety)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... I know I speak for every parent and every educator in the nation when I say that violence in our schools is not acceptable, not at all, not ever. It is imperative that, community by community, we find the ways to protect our children and secure...

Chapter I: introduction.(school shooting prevention)
January 1, 2004... Why would a student bring a weapon to school and without any explicable reason open fire on fellow students and teachers? Are school shooters angry? Are they crazy? Is their motive revenge? Hatred for the victims? A hunger for attention? ...

Chapter II: assessing threats.(school safety)
January 1, 2004... All threats are NOT created equal. However, all threats should be accessed in a timely manner and decisions regarding how they are handled must be done quickly. In today's climate, some schools tend to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to...

Chapter III: four-pronged assessment approach.(preventing school shooting)
January 1, 2004... The Four-Pronged Assessment Model This innovative model is designed to assess someone who has made a threat and evaluate the likelihood that the threat will actually be carried out. Anyone can deliver a spoken or written message that sounds...

Chapter IV: findings.(student threatning behavior)
January 1, 2004... This chapter lists certain types of behavior, personality traits, and circumstances in the family, school, and community environment that should be regarded as warning signs if all or most of them--in all four categories--seem to fit a student...

Chapter V: the intervention process.(school safety)
January 1, 2004... A school cannot ignore any threat of violence. Plausible or not, every threat must be taken seriously, investigated, and responded to. A clear, vigorous response is essential for three reasons: first and most important, to make sure that...

Chapter VI: recommendations and conclusions.(school safety)
January 1, 2004... As has been noted, the threat assessment and intervention model presented in this paper was a focus of discussion at the 1999 NCAVC Symposium in Leesburg, Virginia. Noting that additional research can further develop and refine the concepts and...

Appendix A.(school violence)
January 1, 2004... The threat assessment model recommended in this monograph was developed in part from NCAVC's analysis of eighteen school-shooting cases around the country. Analysts also drew on material from other cases in which NCAVC prepared threat...

Appendix B: suggested readings.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2004... Benedek, E.P., & Cornell, D.G. (Eds.). (1989). Juvenile homicide. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. Berman, A.L., & Jobes, D.A. (1991). Adolescent suicide: Assessment and intervention. Washington, DC: American Psychological...

Appendix C: proposals.(schools safety)
January 1, 2004... The following proposals, offered by persons attending the 1999 Leesburg Symposium, list possible actions that can be taken in a school to strengthen its threat response program. These are not recommendations of the FBI. * Produce public...

Appendix D: acknowledgments.
January 1, 2004... Major Contributors Larry G. Ankrom Supervisory Special Agent NCAVC FBI Academy Quantico, Virginia 22135 (703) 632-4257 Kelly A. McEniry Supervisory Special Agent/Chief Division Counsel CIRG FBI...