Staying Safe at School

Staying Safe at School

by Chester L . Quarles (Author), TammyF.Quarles (Author)

Synopsis

Now more than ever before, today's schools are hazard zones. Students are vulnerable to attack from other students and random individuals who may appear to be harmless on the surface or who may be sending out warning signals. Either way, to save their lives or protect themselves from injury, they must be prepared. Now in its second edition, Staying Safe at School is a guidebook that every parent and school administrator should make available to students. Concise and practical, this book will show teenagers how to:

  • Perform a risk assessment to determine if they should feel threatened
  • Recognize the troublemakers and prevent trouble
  • Know what to do in a crisis, and more importantly, what not to do
  • Improve their chances of survival if they become victimized
  • Make changes in their lifestyles that will reduce their risk of being victimized
  • Force criminals and bullies to alter their plans against their victims
  • Face fear and learn how to control it
  • Work with other students, teachers, counselors, and administrators to increase the safety of all

Bullies and other school predators will always exist in one form or another. But students can take steps to make themselves less likely to be victimized. Using anecdotes and examples to demonstrate concepts, this volume provides important survival tips and gives students the confidence they need to protect themselves and feel safe in dangerous situations.

$40.49

Quantity

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 158
Edition: 2
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 22 Jun 2011

ISBN 10: 1439858284
ISBN 13: 9781439858288

Media Reviews

This is an interesting and important book. It contains a wealth of practical, down-to-earth, sensible, and reliable information about how to keep our children safe at school. As we all know, our students are vulnerable to threats from other students and random people who walk into schools. This book should be made available to every student, to every parent, to every school administrator.
-Olle Fjordgren, CPP, CEO and security advisor, GRANIT Sakerhet, in Security Management

Author Bio
Chester Quarles, PhD, is a professor emeritus of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security at the University of Mississippi, Oxford. During his career, he has served as a military policeman, a state policeman, as manager of the Mississippi Crime Laboratory, and later as the director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. He also is recognized as a Certified Protection Professional by the prestigious American Society for Industrial Security. Tammy F. Quarles M. Ed. is a Mississippi licensed professional counselor, a national board certified counselor, and a national certified school counselor. She has worked as a counselor for children ages prekindergarten through college. She also has served as a counselor in a variety of school settings, including an inner city, high crime, violent area.