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| Disclaimer and Legal Notices | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Understanding and Managing School Safety | |
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| The Evolving Threats to School Security | |
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| The School Security Threat Continuum | |
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| Internal and External Threats to School Safety | |
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| Assessing Threats and Prioritizing Risk Reduction | |
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| Roller Coaster Awareness, Policy, and Funding: The Biggest Ongoing Threat to School Safety | |
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| The "Politricks" of School Security | |
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| Denial, Image, and Underreporting | |
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| Awkward Circumstances Encourage Downplaying of School Safety | |
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| Reality, Not Rhetoric | |
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| Comprehensive School Safety Planning and Leadership | |
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| School Safety as a Leadership Issue | |
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| Getting on the Same Page | |
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| Overcoming Denial | |
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| Financial Obstacles | |
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| School Safety as a Public Relations Tool | |
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| Community Ownership | |
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| Tools for Balance | |
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| Risk Reduction Framework | |
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| Proactive School Security: Focusing on Fundamentals | |
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| School Security Assessments | |
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| Assessment Definition and Use | |
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| Assessment Expectations, Best Practices, and Levels | |
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| Who Should Assess | |
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| Avoiding a Template Approach to School Security Assessments | |
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| Focus Assessments on More Than Hardware and Manpower | |
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| Evaluation Methods and Identifying Policy-Practice Disconnects | |
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| Areas That May Be Evaluated in a School Security Assessment | |
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| Benefits of Assessing | |
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| School Security Strategies and Issues | |
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| Administration Building, Board Meeting, and Support Site Security | |
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| Adult-Originated Violence | |
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| After-Hours School Security: Activities and Community Use of Schools | |
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| Arming Teachers and School Staff | |
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| Athletic and Large Event Security | |
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| Bomb Threats and Suspicious Devices | |
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| Cell Phones, Camera Phones, and Text Messaging | |
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| Computer Security Measures | |
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| Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design | |
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| Drug-Sniffing Dogs | |
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| Election Day Security | |
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| Elementary School Security and Aggression by Younger Students | |
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| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and School Safety | |
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| Gangs | |
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| Hotlines and Other Anonymous Reporting | |
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| Lockers and Bookbags | |
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| Personal Safety | |
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| Personnel and Internal Security | |
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| Physical Security | |
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| Private, Independent, and Charter Schools | |
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| Probation Officers in Schools | |
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| School Resource Officers, School Police Departments, and School Security Departments | |
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| School Security Equipment: Metal Detectors, Cameras, and Other Technology | |
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| Sex Offenses | |
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| Student Involvement in School Safety Planning | |
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| Student Searches | |
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| Special Education and School Safety | |
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| Suicide | |
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| Tasers and School-Based Police Officers | |
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| Theft | |
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| Training Staff on School Security and Emergency Preparedness | |
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| Transportation Security | |
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| Trespassing | |
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| Truancy | |
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| Uniforms and Dress Codes | |
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| Vandalism | |
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| Zero Tolerance and School Discipline | |
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| Managing Bullying: Focusing on Supervision, Conduct Codes, School Climate, and Mental Health Strategies | |
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| Defining Bullying | |
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| Bullying: One Threat on a Broad Threat Continuum | |
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| The Mythical Attribution of Bullying as the Cause of School Shootings | |
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| Bullycide, the Media, and the Contagion Effect | |
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| Practical Anti-Bullying Strategies: Supervision, Security, Discipline, and Criminal Law | |
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| School Climate Strategies | |
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| Mental Health Support for Students | |
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| Cyberbullying and Sexting | |
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| Anti-Bullying Communication Strategies | |
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| Political Hijacking of Bullying for Broader Social and Political Interests | |
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| The Case Against Anti-Bullying Laws | |
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| Preparing Schools for Terrorism | |
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| The Terrorist Threat to Schools: Soft Targets | |
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| Domestic vs. International Terrorism | |
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| Overcoming the Denial, Fear, Politics, and Naysayers | |
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| Heightened Security Procedures for Schools | |
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| Biological and Chemical Threats | |
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| General Considerations in Times of Terrorism and War | |
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| Managing School Safety on Tight Budgets | |
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| Practical School Safety Considerations on Limited Budgets | |
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| Budgeting for School Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness | |
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| Low-Cost and No-Cost School Safety Strategies | |
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| Parents and School Safety | |
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| Practical Things Parents Can Do to Assess School Security and Emergency Preparedness | |
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| How Parents Can Reduce Child Safety Risks at Home | |
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| Steps Parents Can Take to Address School Safety Concerns | |
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| Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools | |
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| Early Warning Signs of Violence | |
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| Concerns and Caveats | |
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| Checklists and Gurus | |
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| We Are Federal Agents and We Are Here to Help You | |
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| Early Warning, Timely Response | |
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| Frontline Observations | |
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| Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Issues | |
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| Another Call for Common Sense | |
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| Assessing and Managing Threats | |
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| Threat Assessment Protocol | |
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| Limitations | |
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| Lessons Learned From School Crisis Incidents | |
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| Be Prepared, Not Scared | |
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| Priority One: Emergency Preparedness | |
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| Prevention: An Equal Priority | |
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| Deal With Small Problems | |
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| School Climate | |
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| Overcoming Student Denial | |
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| a Switch From Snitch | |
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| Listen to Kids and Parents | |
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| Rely on Local Data | |
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| Why Suburban White Kids Kill | |
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| Train Emergency Service Personnel | |
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| Thinking Security When There Is Not a Crisis | |
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| Buyer Beware: Overnight Experts, Gurus, and Gadgets | |
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| Emergency Preparedness Planning and Preparation | |
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| Four Phases of Emergency Management | |
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| Normalization Nonsense | |
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| The Process | |
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| Emergency Guideline Documents | |
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| The Preparation | |
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| Pulling It All Together | |
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| Emergency Response and Crisis Management | |
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| Emergency Response: The First Half Hour | |
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| Roles and Responsibilities | |
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| Specific Considerations for Before, During, and After the Emergency Service Personnel Response | |
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| The Postcrisis Crisis: Managing Media and Parent Communications | |
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| Managing Cell Phones, Text Messaging, and Social Media | |
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| Developing Your Message: Parent Expectations After a Safety Incident | |
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| An Inside Look at The Business Side of Today's Media | |
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| Traditional School District Parent and Media Management: It Doesn't Work Today | |
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| Getting Out Front on School Safety Communications | |
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| Media Crisis Communications Guidelines | |
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| Crisis Credibility and Reputation Management | |
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| Lessons for the Media on Covering Ongoing Crises | |
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| Preparing for the Postcrisis Crisis: Managing Mental Health, Security, Financial, Operational Continuity, Liability, and School-Community Political Issues | |
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| Mental Health Support for Grief and Healing | |
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| Security and Emergency Preparedness Postcrisis Demands | |
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| Financial and Continuity Of Operations Plans for Crisis Response and Recovery | |
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| Litigation Preparedness | |
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| School-Community Postcrisis Politics | |
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| Future Directions | |
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| State, Federal, and Academic Support for School Safety | |
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| State-Level Strategies | |
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| The Federal Role | |
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| Colleges of Education | |
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| Where to Now? | |
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| References | |
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| Recommended Readings | |
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| Index | |