Crisis-response training such as lockdown and Run-Hide-Fight can save lives but does not prevent school shootings¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Emergency response protocols are reactive measures activated after a gunman is present and do not prevent attacks; proactive threat assessment addresses prevention. → Langman 2018

Evidence¶

Langman 2018¶

Langman, P., Petrosino, A., & Persson, H. (2018). Five misconceptions about school shootings. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resources/five-misconceptions-about-school-shootings/

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The brief argues that lockdown procedures and survival trainings such as "Run, Hide, Fight" are emergency responses activated after a gunman is already in the building, and therefore do not prevent attacks. It positions threat assessment as the proactive complement to reactive crisis response.

"These trainings and procedures are important and can save lives, but they are not the only thing that schools can do, and crisis response procedures do not prevent school shootings"

Discussion¶

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