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.
Foreword Acknowledgements Section One - Overview Chapter 1: Introduction John Van Dreal Chapter 2: A Brief History of the System John Van Dreal Section Two - Foundations Chapter 3: Supportive Research and Recommendations John Van Dreal Chapter 4: Basic Concepts John Van Dreal Section Three - System, Team Dynamics, and Applications of Student Threat Assessment Chapter 5: Level 1 (Site Based Assessment) John Van Dreal, Courtenay McCarthy Chapter 6: Level 2 (Community Based Assessment) Overview John Van Dreal Chapter 7: Level 2 Investigation Team John Van Dreal, Allan Rainwater, Dave Okada Chapter 8: Level 2 Student Threat Assessment Team Operations John Van Dreal, Martin Speckmaier Chapter 9: Organizing a Student Threat Assessment Team John Van Dreal Chapter 10: Communicating Threat Assessment Outcomes Courtenay McCarthy Section Four - Further Applications Chapter 11: Domestic Violence, Teen Dating Violence, and Stalking Allan Rainwater, John Van Dreal, Darling Mendoza Chapter 12: The Threat Assessment Trained Law Enforcement Officer Dave Okada Chapter 13: Other Security and Behavioral Issues on School Campuses Rod Swinehart, Ray Byrd, John Van Dreal, Shelley Rutledge Chapter 14: Expansive System Implementation Dave Novotney, Courtenay McCarthy, John Van Dreal Chapter 15: Threat Assessment and Adults: The Adult Threat Advisory Team Dave Okada, Rod Swinehart, John Van Dreal, Allan Rainwater, Ray Byrd Chapter 16: Threat Assessment in Higher Education John Van Dreal, Martin Speckmaier, Seth Elliott Chapter 17: Staying Ahead of Targeted Violence Seth Elliott Conclusion John Van Dreal Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Glossary Rod Swinehart, John Van Dreal, Martin Speckmaier References, Additional Readings, and Resources
