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Product Description Assessing Student Threats: Implementing the Salem-Keizer System, 2nd Edition is a manual for the application of a threat assessment system that follows the recommendations of the Safe Schools Initiative and the prescriptive outline provided by the FBI. Written from an educator's perspective with contributing authors from Law Enforcement, Public Mental Health, and the District Attorney's office, it contains an introduction to the basic concepts of threat assessment, a review of the research, and an outlined process for the application of a comprehensive, yet expeditious multi-disciplinary system. The book also includes the forms and protocols needed to assess threats, document concerns and interventions, and track the progress of supervision. As extra features, chapters on site security, community safety, domestic violence and teen dating violence, communicating with potential victims, training school resource officers, adult threat assessment, and an adaptation of the system for higher education are included. Review Over the past several years, there have been numerous publications, including a variety of guides and books, on various aspects of threat assessment. None of them have provided information, either in form, format, or substance, in a manner needed by grassroots personnel (including educators, law enforcement, and mental health personnel) to develop, conduct, and manage an effective threat assessment process. Assessing Student Threats: Implementing the Salem-Keizer System, 2nd Edition is a user-friendly guide written for those toiling at the grassroots level to construct a viable threat assessment process. It provides information and guidance on a wide spectrum of issues related to the threat assessment process ranging from basic concepts of threat assessment to processes needed for developing, operating, and managing a threat assessment strategy, and it provides the information in a practical useable form. As an additional bonus, the 2nd edition book delves into other areas that are of growing concern to many school districts, including domestic violence, teen dating, and stalking. The book does an excellent job of describing how the threat assessment process can be used to better identify and provide appropriate services to those involved in these acts. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in developing a threat assessment strategy for their school or community, as well as those who need to update their existing strategy. Adopting processes outlined in the book today could help save lives tomorrow. -- William Modzeleski, Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools Pundits and academics talk the talk. John Vandreal has walked the walk. The Salem system is the best school based threat assessment system in the United States. I strongly recommend Vandreal and his colleague, Sgt. Dave Okada, as the "go to" individuals for developing a practical, experienced based program. They are two of the best. -- Reid Meloy, PhD, ABPP, Forensic Psychologist, co-editor, International Handbook of Threat Assessment; University of California, San Diego Based on years of successful experience, John Van Dreal and his colleagues have written a comprehensive, thoughtful, detailed, pragmatic, useful, and readable book on school threat assessment. This book will save lives. -- Robert A. Fein, PhD, Forensic and National Security Psychologist, Co-Director, U.S. Secret Service’s Exceptional Case Study Project, Co-Director, U.S/ Secret Service’s Safe School Initiative Those who are developing or improving threat assessment programs at their educational institutions would do well to consider the thoughtful perspectives offered by John Van Dreal and his colleagues. This book provides detailed guidance, gained through years of experience, on how to both conduct a threat assessment and how to set up such a program. It will most certainly aid