This study aims to examine parent perceptions of school active shooter preparedness and prevention efforts, as well as parent perceptions of the risk of an active shooter event.,Data were obtained in 2019 through an online survey of 182 Pennsylvania residents who were the parents or step-parents of children enrolled in pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten-12th or college/ university. Respondents were a subset of a state-representative sample of 668 individuals.,Actions taken by schools were largely unrelated to parent perceptions. Parents who reported that their child’s school had provided information about active shooters to students had better attitudes toward preventive efforts overall. Parents who reported that their child’s school had changed firearms policy perceived a higher level of risk. Parents were also asked to share what they felt their child’s school could do that would help them feel more prepared for an active shooter event. The most common response was for schools to install metal detectors or perform random metal detector checks.,While there is extensive research on the views of students about school safety and security and, to a lesser degree, the views of school administrators and teachers, parents have largely been neglected in school safety research.

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什么会使我的孩子的学校更安全？父母对射手准备的积极态度

这项研究旨在检验家长对学校积极射手准备和预防工作的看法以及家长对主动射手事件风险的看法。，数据通过2019年对182名宾夕法尼亚州父母或父母的网上调查获得-进入幼儿园前，幼儿园12年级或大学/大学的孩子的父母。受访者是668人的州代表样本的一个子集。学校采取的行动很大程度上与父母的看法无关。家长报告说他们的孩子的学校向学生提供了有关主动射击的信息，他们对整体预防工作的态度更好。报告他们的孩子的学校改变了枪支政策的父母认为风险更高。家长们还被要求分享他们认为孩子的学校可以做些什么，这将有助于他们为参加射击比赛做好准备。最普遍的回应是学校安装金属探测器或对金属探测器进行随机检查。尽管对学生对学校安全和保障的看法进行了广泛研究，但在较小程度上，学校管理者和老师，家长的看法也得到了广泛的研究。在学校安全研究中被很大程度上忽略了。