Murder in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Prevention
Robert Sollars
- School
- violence
- can
- happen
- anywhere
- and
- at
- any
- time,
- in
- big
- schools
- and
- small
- ones,
- in
- big
- cities
- and
- small
- towns.
- The
- perpetrators
- can
- range
- from
- social
- misfits
- to
- seemingly
- nice,
- well-adjusted
- kids.
- But
- that
- doesn’t
- mean
- that
- we’re
- helpless
- to
- prevent,
- or
- at
- least
- minimize,
- school
- violence.In
- this
- book,
- Robert
- D.
- Sollars,
- a
- security
- professional,
- describes
- the
- early
- signs
- of
- violence
- teachers
- and
- school
- administrators
- must
- look
- for.
- He
- discusses
- the
- need
- for
- changes
- to
- school
- buildings—from
- building
- layout
- to
- the
- type
- of
- door
- each
- classroom
- should
- have.
- He
- doesn’t
- limit
- himself
- to
- what
- schools
- should
- do;
- he
- also
- talks
- about
- what
- parents
- must
- do
- at
- home.As
- he
- says
- in
- the
- Introduction,
- "These
- ideas
- will
- work
- for
- any
- size
- school
- or
- district.
- You
- have
- to
- tweak
- them
- for
- your
- own
- use,
- but
- they
- will
- work.
- I
- certainly
- believe
- that
- the
- lives
- of
- our
- children,
- the
- future
- of
- this
- country,
- are
- much
- more
- important
- than
- any
- ideological
- political
- arguments,
- left
- or
- right."About
- Robert
- D.
- SollarsRobert
- D.
- Sollars
- has
- more
- than
- three
- decades
- of
- experience
- in
- the
- security
- field.
- He
- has
- held
- various
- management
- positions
- at
- both
- national
- and
- regional
- security
- companies.
- He
- is
- also
- a
- prolific
- writer,
- having
- published
- more
- than
- 75
- articles,
- and
- has
- appeared
- on
- radio
- and
- television.
- He
- has
- appeared
- in
- the
- media
- as
- an
- expert
- more
- than
- 150
- times,
- including
- stints
- on
- two
- radio
- shows.He
- has
- been
- involved
- with
- school
- violence
- since
- learning
- of
- an
- incident
- south
- of
- his
- hometown
- in
- 1988,
- in
- Mid–Buchanan
- School
- District
- in
- Faucett,
- Missouri.
- He
- began
- studying,
- researching,
- and
- writing
- about
- workplace
- violence
- in
- 1991,
- and
- is
- considered
- an
- expert
- in
- both areas.
