Question

The police and school administrators investigated. One student, Trisha, told a school counselor that Samuel advised her not to come to school that day. He wanted to keep her safe from danger, as she was always nice to him. The police discovered that Samuel had purchased the gun illegally from someone on the street and also found a disturbing note in Samuel's jacket pocket. In it, he outlined his plan to shoot people and remarked "after today, no one will push me around again!"

Problem
a. What conditions might have led up to Samuel's decision to commit this crime?



b. What, if anything, could have been done to help Samuel? Were there signs at school or home that he was at risk?



c. Are there measures in place at your school to prevent acts of violence from occurring? Are additional measures needed? If so, what are they?

Answer 1

A.

Some conditions that might have led Samuel's decision to commit a crime could've been students picking him, making fun of him, bullying him. Anything that had to do with other students acting negative to Samuel is what I think is the reason Samuel made this decision.

B.

There's a bunch of things that could've been done to help Samuel. Such as discussing the issue to his parents or sibling, telling the principal what the problem was, etc. Samuel would just need someone to talk to about what was going on, this would probably help him. "Were there signs at school or home that he was at risk? I don't understand what this means sorry.

C.

There are barely any at my previous school that I used to attend. Some additional measures that would need to be added would be weapon, drug, etc., detected doors, staff members checking students' bags, etc.