SCHOOL VIOLENCE: PREPARING TODAY FOR A BAD DAY TOMORROW

摘要

"It Can't Happen Here, It Wouldn't Happen Here- it only happens in big places." How many times have you heard similar lines in discussing preparedness for school shooting inci- dents? Similar comments were probably made in communities that are now all too well known for such tragedies, such as Springfield, Oregon; Littleton, Colorado; and, most recently, Red Lake, Minnesota. These tragedies have brought home to Americans how vulnerable their children are in school. Unfortunately, the list of school violence history is pretty long; and, as we know about history, it repeats itself, so we must be prepared.