What can be done about school shootings? a review of the evidence

Educational Researcher

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-37

  Borum, Randy ^a   Cornell, Dewey G ^b   Modzeleski, William ^c   Jimerson, Shane R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c United States Department of Education   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk students; School psychology; School shootings; Student behavior attitudes; Threat assessment; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951441748     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X09357620     Document Type: Article

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