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Threat assessments crucial to prevent school shootings

  • Written by Dewey Cornell, Forensic clinical psychologist and professor of education, University of Virginia
Threat assessments crucial to prevent school shootingsStudents rally outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, on March 14, 2018 to protest gun violence. Andrew Harnik/AP

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...

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