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Information from Center for Disease Control
The Center for Disease Control has some very interesting facts related to school violence. The organization also accurately points out that you must have all the facts before working toward prevention. Check out their web page for additional details. http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/schoolviolence/data_stats.html
Don’t let our schools become killing zones
Since the massacre at Newtown there have been more than a dozen shootings on school campuses across North America. The time is now for positive dialogue to identify solutions that will protect young people in their classrooms. Parents must have a high level of comfort that their children will be safe when they send them…
Books that may interest you
I’m Missing – Please Find Me This book, the second in a series of Crime Stoppers appeals, focuses on the plight of missing people and their families. There are rewards totaling almost $3 million for the more than 350 randomly selected cases from across North America in this book. Some of those who vanished were…
Don’t lose focus of the prime objective to protect students in their classrooms
Positive comments and concrete suggestions are needed to improve safety and security in schools and to prevent shootings in classrooms. This article in Popular Science magazine and the comments it generated show how the discussion can switch focus and end up in quagmire. There is a need for full debate of all issues with the…
We should always be concerned about security in schools
Anyone interested in school safety and security should read this article: http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/18/school-security-why-its-so-hard-to-keep-kids-safe/
New book on school shootings available at Amazon.com
A newly published book – Keep Kids Safe – says full dialogue is needed to ensure students are safe in their classrooms and on campuses around the world. Tracing school shootings from the first recorded in history on September 5, 1595 in Scotland to the earliest in the U.S. on July 28, 1764 in Franklin…