the
rape
the
necessary
lighting
had
still
not
been
installed
because
people
were
too
busy
with
other
work
projects.
Assigning
Safe
Projects
Teachers
need
to
think
through
the
consequences
of
their
assignments
and
try
to
anticipate
deviant
behavior
before
it
occurs.
Recently
a
high
school
history
teacher
asked
a
student
to
make
an
oral
report
on
terrorism
because
his
written
essay
showed
expertise
on
the
subject,
This
student
had
previously
violated
criminal
law,
but
was
attempting
to
change
his
behavior.
The
teacher
did
not
make
any
prior
inquiries
about
the
nature
of
the
young
man’s
oral
report.
At
the
end
of
the
presentation,
the
stu-
dent
told
the
class
that
anyone
could
make
a
bomb
from
items
found
in
the
average
home,
and
displayed
a
device
he
had
made
the
night
before.
The
class
bell
rang,
the
teacher
thanked
the
student
for
his
fine
report,
put
the
bomb
in
the
desk
drawer,
and
slammed
it
shut.
Later
that
afternoon,
a
vice-principal
visited
the
teacher
to
inquire
about
reports
that
he
had
had
an
exception-
ally
interesting
class
earlier
in
the
day.
The
teacher
described
the
events,
say-
ing
offhandedly
that
he
really
hadn't
thought
about
whether
the
bomb
was
“live.”
Subsequently,
the
building
was
evacuated.
Bomb
specialists
from
the
local
Air
Force
removed
the
bomb,
which
turned
out
to
be
one
of
the
most
powerful
homemade
devices
they
had
ever
detonated!
It
could
have
des-
troyed
one-fourth
of
the
building
and
killed
or
injured
up
to
400
students.
Although
the
student
was
disciplined,
it
was
probably
the
teacher
who
dis-
played
the
greatest
lack
of
judgment.
To
prevent
such
disasters,
teachers
should
establish
guidelines
for
show-
and-tell
demonstrations,
develop
an
awareness
of
students’
backgrounds
and
potential
problems,
as
well
as
a
sensitivity
to
the
possible
consequences
of
their
actions.
Anticipating
Trouble
Campus
disturbances
may
result
from
educators
being
unaware
of
the
climate
at
the
school,
or
from
a
sense
of
naiveté.!!
Recently
some
high
school
seniors
suggested
adding
to
the
school
calendar
a
“hell
week”
when
students
could
engage
in
various
pranks.
At
first
the
administrators
thought
that
the
students
would
just
engage
in
harmless
high
jinks.
But
when
people
were
injured
by
food
fights
in
the
cafeteria,
when
property
was
destroyed
by
vandalism,
and
when
threats
were
made
against
teachers,
the
administra-
22
ADVENTIST
EDUCATION
DECEMBER
1990
-
JANUAF
According
to
the
1987
National
Crime
Survey,
in
just
ONE
YEAR
nearly
184,000
people
were
injured
as
a
result
of
crimes
in
U.S.
schools.
Picture
removed
tion
finally
responded.
Staff
members
were
designated
to
patrol
outside
areas
of
the
campus,
monitor
hallways,
supervise
the
cafete-
ria,
and
videotape
student
activities.
Hall
passes
were
cancelled,
and
five
pranksters
were
suspended
from
school.
Editors
of
the
school
newspaper
chastised
school
personnel
for
not
deal
ing
with
the
issue
more
quickly
and
directly.
The
school
employee
handbook
should
outline
recommended
proce-
dures
for
dealing
with
potentially
vio-
lent
situations.
This
handbook
should
be
distributed
to
all
school
employees
and
volunteers.
It
should
be
updated
regularly
and
reinforced
by
in-service
training
sessions.
Civil
Disturbances
Civil
disturbances,
including
looting,
demonstrations
or
picketing,
riots,
sniper
and
hostage
situations
can
be
complicated
to
deal
with.
An
action
plan
must
encompass
both
prevention
and
control.
Prevention
should
include
being
aware
of
suspicious
people,
rec-
ognizing
potentially
dangerous
situa-
tions,
and
conducting
seminars
to
teach
students
and
teachers
about
crime
prevention.
If
a
civil
disturbance
occurs,
admin-
istrators
need
to
monitor
events
care-
fully.
Should
the
situation
endanger
either
persons
or
property,
a
prescribed
plan
of
action
must
be
activated
immediately.
Elements
of
the
plan
would
include
communicating
with
demonstrators,
notifying
law
enforcement
officials,
alerting
staff
to
assigned
duty
stations,
and
using
communication
equipment.
Staff
members
must
keep
students
in
classrooms,
prevent
groups
from
gath-
ering,
and
possibly
record
the
activities
of
demonstrators
through
the
use
of
cameras
or
tape
recorders.
Date
Rape
Date
rape
and
gang
rape
are
a
serious
problem
at
secondary
schools
and
colleges.
Surveys
indicate
that
24
percent
of
male
university
students
have
been
sexually
aggressive
despite
their
dates’
protest.’2
In
a
three-year
study
of
6,200
male
and
female
stu-
dents
on
32
campuses,
15
percent
of
the
women
reported
experiences
that
met
the
legal
definition
of
forcible
rape.
More
than
half
of
these
were
date
rapes.’
A
study
at
a
major
public
uni-
versity
estimated
that
20
percent
of
the
female
students
had
been
forced
at
one
time
or
another
to
have
sex,
with
most
of
these
cases
being
date
rapes.!+
Experts
say
that
students
are
much
more
likely
to
be
raped
bv
a
date
than
by
a
stranger.