By Dewey Cornell
University of Virginia 

Threat assessments crucial to prevent school shootings

 

March 23, 2018



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(THE CONVERSATION) Editor’s note: This article was adapted from testimony the author gave on March 20, 2018 at a school safety forum convened on Capitol Hill by U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and House Democrats. The forum took place just hours after a student gunman was killed at Great Mills High School in Maryland after shooting and wounding two students there.

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