A Checklist of Warning Signs to Help Detect a School

question 45

Multiple Choice

A checklist of warning signs to help detect a school shooter has important drawbacks; one of those drawbacks is the profile approach can unfairly label many nonviolent students as potentially dangerous individuals and the other is that______________ .

• A) Many teens who show one or more signs common to school shooters will never act out in a violent way
• B) Many teens with one or more signs will certainly act out
• C) Some teens with a warning sign will go on to be police officers
• D) Some teens with a warning sign will be a disabled student

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