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School Shootings in Germany: Research, Prevention Through Risk Assessment and Threat Management

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This chapter is a discussion on the concept of threat assessment for the prevention of school shootings, presenting an approach combining threat assessment teams in schools, local interdisciplinary networks, and systematic case assessment and management strategies. The online threat assessment tool DyRiAS is described in detail with two case studies illustrate the approach.

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  1. Institute for Psychology and Threat Management, Darmstadt, Germany

    Jens Hoffmann & Karoline Roshdi

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  1. , Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Universitaetsstrasse 25, Bielefeld, 33615, Germany

    Nils Böckler

  2. Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Universitaetsstrasse 25, Bielefeld, 33615, Germany

    Thorsten Seeger

  3. University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, 33501, Germany

    Peter Sitzer

  4. Inst. Interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und, Gewaltforschung, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, Bielefeld, 33615, Germany

    Wilhelm Heitmeyer

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Hoffmann, J., Roshdi, K. (2013). School Shootings in Germany: Research, Prevention Through Risk Assessment and Threat Management. In: Böckler, N., Seeger, T., Sitzer, P., Heitmeyer, W. (eds) School Shootings. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5526-4_16

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