5. What are the four key questions for educators to include in their fact-based assessment of school violence?
1) Have the students developed a plan and communicated it to others? o Often times, students have told their plans of committing violence to someone in advance.
2) Have students been bullied? o It has been found that more than 66% of attackers claimed to be bullied, threatened, attacked, or injured by others before the incident took place.
3) Have students engaged in behaviors that cause concern or indicate the need for help? o The majority of attackers have demonstrated a behavior that caused others to be concerned such as efforts to get a gun or threats of homicide and suicide.
4) Do the students have access to weapons? o In most cases, the attackers get guns/weapons from their own homes or the homes of relatives.
9. Briefly discuss the five key concepts in the FBI’s threat assessment approach for schools evaluating students at risk for committing targeted violence.
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A direct threat identifies a specific act against a specific target. It’s delivered in a straightforward manner, and the language suggests that it will occur. Ex: “I will shoot Peter.” An indirect threat is more unclear and vague. The language suggests that it could occur. Ex: If I wanted to, I could blow up the school.” A veiled threat strongly implies but doesn’t explicitly threaten violence. It just hints at the possible act of violence, and the victim has to interpret it. Ex: “You may not live till next week.” A conditional threat warns that a violent act will happen unless a specific demand is met. It is dependent on a demand. Ex: “If you don’t give me that, I will bomb the
1) Have the students developed a plan and communicated it to others? o Often times, students have told their plans of committing violence to someone in advance.
2) Have students been bullied? o It has been found that more than 66% of attackers claimed to be bullied, threatened, attacked, or injured by others before the incident took place.
3) Have students engaged in behaviors that cause concern or indicate the need for help? o The majority of attackers have demonstrated a behavior that caused others to be concerned such as efforts to get a gun or threats of homicide and suicide.
4) Do the students have access to weapons? o In most cases, the attackers get guns/weapons from their own homes or the homes of relatives.
9. Briefly discuss the five key concepts in the FBI’s threat assessment approach for schools evaluating students at risk for committing targeted violence.
1) …show more content…
A direct threat identifies a specific act against a specific target. It’s delivered in a straightforward manner, and the language suggests that it will occur. Ex: “I will shoot Peter.” An indirect threat is more unclear and vague. The language suggests that it could occur. Ex: If I wanted to, I could blow up the school.” A veiled threat strongly implies but doesn’t explicitly threaten violence. It just hints at the possible act of violence, and the victim has to interpret it. Ex: “You may not live till next week.” A conditional threat warns that a violent act will happen unless a specific demand is met. It is dependent on a demand. Ex: “If you don’t give me that, I will bomb the