We have developed Recommended Practices for Virginia College Threat Assessment, a publication that is available to all institutions of higher education as a guide for using a threat assessment approach to prevent targeted violence. This publication is modeled in part after our Guidelines for Responding to Student Threats of Violence that we developed for primary and secondary schools.
This project began in response to Virginia's 2008 law (§ 23-9.2.) requiring each public institution of higher education in Virginia to establish a violence prevention committee and a threat assessment team.
In partnership with the Virginia Center for School Safety and Virginia Department of Health, we convened a forum on college safety in July 2008 that was attended by representatives from 38 Virginia institutions. A report from the forum identified key issues and training needs for the development of college threat assessment teams.
In spring 2009 we introduced our new recommended practices in a series of statewide workshops on college threat assessment.
Youth Violence Project response to the Virginia Tech shootings:
- Reactions to the Virginia Tech Shooting
- Information about violence on college campuses
- Our 2007 Congressional testimony on student threat assessment and campus safety
- Our guest column on the Virginia Tech shootings for the American Psychological Association
- Our discussion of the VA Tech shooting for the Washington Post
Resources on college safety:
- Department of Health and Human Services' Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy
- The Virginia Tech Review Panel Report
- Virginia Tech Internal Reports
- American Psychological Association Help Center
Contact
Virginia Youth Violence Project, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
Postal Address: P.O. Box 400270, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4270
Delivery Address: 405 Emmet Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Telephone: 434-924-8929
Email: youthvio@virginia.edu
