Michigan school district requires clear backpacks after shooting, but experts say that’s not enough
Schools are in an “impossible position right now, faced with rising threats of gun violence,” said James Densley, a professor of criminal justice at Metropolitan State University and a co-founder of the Violence Project.
Schools “are in this position of having to do something, and they’ve got to try and build trust with parents and community members and be seen to be doing something about this,” he added. The clear-backpack requirement often is one visible signal meant to show schools are taking safety seriously, experts said.“Families and community members are demanding more security procedures, and it’s much easier to put something in place like a clear-backpack policy and have that be seen,” said Deborah Temkin, a school safety expert with the youth-focused research organization Child Trends.
On the other hand, he said, it could remind them “that this was the site of a school shooting. … Constantly reminding them of the fact that classmates were victims of violence could be re-traumatizing.”Temkin said it was “not surprising” that the school district would include the backpack policy in recent measures. She noted an
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