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32 Crim. Just. Pol'y Rev. 3 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/cjpr32 and id is 1 raw text is: Article Criminal Justice Policy Review 2021, Vol. 32(1) 3-26 Preparation or Provocation? @TheAuthor(s)2020 Article reuse guidelines: Student Perceptions of Active sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1 177/08874034199003 16 Shooter Drills journals.sagepub.com/home/cjp OSAGE Michael G. Huskey' and Nadine M. Connell' Abstract Several highly publicized incidents of school violence in the past two decades have highlighted the importance of school safety and crisis preparation for students, parents, and school administrators. Although prior research has focused on the effectiveness of various security and crisis preparation measures, few studies have analyzed student perceptions of these policies. This study utilizes survey data collected from students at a public university in the southwestern United States to evaluate whether active shooter drills experienced in high school were related to negative student outcomes. Results show that experiencing an active shooter drill in high school was associated with significant increases in student fear, inflated perceptions of risk, and a decrease in perceptions of school safety. Implications for future research and policy initiatives regarding active shooter drills are discussed, specifically the need for increased transparency, standardization of drills, and addressing effective methods of implementing active shooter drills in schools. Keywords school shooting, lockdown drills, perceptions, school safety, fear Fear of crime and perceptions of school safety remain salient issues for criminologists, parents, and school administrators (Hughes et al., 2015). Fueled by several highly publicized school shootings in the United States over the past two decades, these inci- dents have increased scrutiny and prompted questions of student safety, campus pre- paredness, and proper security protocols (Kaminski et al., 2010; Kupchik & Bracy, 'The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA Corresponding Author: Michael G. Huskey, Criminology and Criminal Justice Program, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, GR 2.201, Richardson, TX 75080, USA. Email: michael.huskey@utdallas.edu

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