Chester Quarles, professor of criminal justice and former CEO of his own full-service private security firm who has studied and written extensively on school violence, is available for interviews.
Concern over terrorism has further increased Americans' support for firearm regulation according to a report from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago. When asked if gun control laws should be stricter in the wake of the 9.11 attacks, 76.5 percent of Americans surveyed said yes.
A program encouraging students to confront and counterattack a violent intruder in their school is earning applause from an expert at Kansas State University.
The school shootings that have occurred in recent weeks are evidence that not enough has been done by administrators and teachers since Columbine to prevent such tragedies, says a Purdue University expert in school and workplace violence.
"It is all too easy when we are angry, hurt, or grieving to dehumanize others in an attempt to reconcile our craving for retribution with our desire for justice," said Gettysburg College philosophy professor Steven Gimbel. "But with the Amish families, we saw both terrible suffering and an authentic understanding that there were others in pain as well."
Dr. Stuart Twemlow MD, a psychiatrist at The Menninger Clinic in Houston and an international expert on school and community violence, is available to comment on the recent shoot shootings. He has advised the FBI on threat assessment and school violence. He also has consulted with several cities on workplace climate, school climate and threat assessment.
Former director of the National Emergency Assistance team and a well-known expert on school violence is available for comment on recent school shootings.
University of Virginia professors Dewey Cornell and Peter Sheras, both clinical psychologists in the Curry School of Education and experts on violence and school safety, can help to put into perspective recent violent events in schools across the country and reactions to them.
Three school shootings across the country in less than a week have put parents on edge and officials on alert as America again grapples with classroom tragedies. West Virginia University has two experts available who can discuss the situation, from public safety aspects to the psychology of those who wield guns in anger.
Teachers College, Columbia University, offers two experts whose work includes the study of bereavement in parents who lose children to a traumatic death, resilience of people who have experienced life trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder in children.
Two experts on school violence and aggression are available to offer commentary on school shootings in Lancaster County, Pa., Wisconsin and Colorado and the school lockdowns in response to a gunman at two Las Vegas schools.
The University of Oregon College of Education Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior is a nationally consulted center dealing with prevention of violence. Jeff Sprague and Tom Dishion have consulted with school districts in the United States and internationally.Sprague is also an expert on constructing safe school buildings.
Reforms to the sales practices of a licensed gun store"”which prior to May 1999, sold more than half of the guns recovered from criminals in Milwaukee"”resulted in a 44 percent decrease in the flow of new guns to criminals in the city, according to a new study from researchers with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Gun Policy and Research.
School-based programs can curb aggressive behaviors in students, according to a new systematic review. Moreover, troubled youth can be helped throughout their student years. "The improvements can be achieved in both primary and secondary school age groups," says the report.
A University of North Texas associate professor of counseling has written a new book that provides lesson plans that school counselors and teachers can use to increase the self esteem of students who are bullied and help them work through their anger at being bullied.
Seven years after two teenage gunmen killed 13 people at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., on April 20, 1999, states across the country are continuing their efforts to stop and prevent bullying. The massacre ignited a national discussion on the devastating effects of bullying and how to prevent it.
With the Red Lake High School shooting this past spring having left 12 wounded and 10 dead, including the student-shooter, school administrators across the nation may be starting a new school year concerned about the potential for students to threaten and carry out acts of violence.
The labels put on youths who commit violent crimes not only prevent society from understanding their behavior, but also act as a barrier to solving the problem, says a sociologist. We're trying to solve the problem by protecting them or punishing them without actually engaging with teen-agers because we are scared.
Teachers College, Columbia University experts are available to respond to questions regarding school violence, in light of the recent school shootings in Minnesota.
Central Michigan University faculty member Rena Richtig says the recent shootings at a northern Minnesota Indian reservation are a warning to communities that despite security measures that have been instituted at schools across the country, it is not "if" but "when" that must be remembered.
Following are four Purdue University experts who can talk about school and youth violence in the aftermath of the Minnesota killing rampage Monday (3/2). Topics they can discuss include possible prevention, school safety, youth violence and bullying.
Experts can talk about topics related to youth violence. April 20 marks the 5th anniversary of one of the deadliest school shootings in US history. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, students at Columbine High School, killed 12 fellow students and a teacher before killing themselves.
In a new study of African-American youths at risk of dropping out of school, nearly one out of five students reported that they had carried a gun at some point during their high school years "“ one in six did so only occasionally, while one in 20 carried a gun regularly.
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