Assessing Student Threats: Implementing the Salem-Keizer System

by John Van Dreal (Editor)

Assessing Student Threats: Implementing the Salem-Keizer System, 2nd Edition is a manual for the application of a threat assessment system that follows the recommendations of the Safe Schools Initiative and the prescriptive outline provided by the FBI. Written from an educator's perspective with contributing authors from Law Enforcement, Public Mental Health, and the District Attorney's office, it contains an introduction to the basic concepts of threat assessment, a review of the research, and an outlined process for the application of a comprehensive, yet expeditious multi-disciplinary system. The book also includes the forms and protocols needed to assess threats, document concerns and interventions, and track the progress of supervision. As extra features, chapters on site security, community safety, domestic violence and teen dating violence, communicating with potential victims, training school resource officers, adult threat assessment, and an adaptation of the system for higher education are included.

214 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Matt Fuller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Likely you are reading this book for the care of a school or other agency you oversee. You will get very valuable info from this text. It is effective and thorough and presents their model of threat assessment well. There are some sections that rely heavily on rhetorical questions and therefore are open to considerable interpretation. The authors could have been a bit more explicit here and the text would be more informative. Also many sections are redundant, but this is likely due to the split focus on K-12 and higher education setting. Overall, I would still recommend this text for anyone interested in threat assessment in schools and universities.

[Shelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comprehensive and clear. Along with the online forms, this is everything needed to prepare to implement in your building.