Response of school personnel to student threat assessment training

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-332

  Allen, Korrie ^a   Cornell, Dewey ^b   Lorek, Edward ^a   Sheras, Peter ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Professional developments; School safety; Student violence; Threat assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749085047     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450802332184     Document Type: Article

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