Figure 5.3: line chart, likelihood each of ten personnel types is on BTAM team by team size 3 to 8;
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Very few schools had teams with fewer than three people
This figure depicts response data from the following survey question: “Which person(s) are regular members of this BTAM team?” (n = 1,408).
Includes only those who said their school has a school- or district-level BTAM team.
We omit results for teams with less than three members; very few schools had BTAM teams with fewer than three members, so results are not reliable.
For psychologists, counselors, and social workers, we directed principals to include both school-based and external personnel.
and can coordinate with their agencies if immediate action is needed to ensure the safety of the school community (e.g., conducting searches of a student’s home for weapons, if permissible).
Police involvement in BTAM has been controversial for some individuals and civil society groups, driven by concern that their involvement will increase the chance that students will end up in the justice system—i.e., that the outcome of threat assessment and management will increase the likelihood of arrest and prosecution for student behavior at school.
Our survey results indicate otherwise, given how principals described the role of law enforcement on their school BTAM teams.
In our survey, we explored the involvement of law enforcement in BTAM by asking respondents about officers’ role on the team and assessing the frequency of criminal justice–related outcomes in the BTAM process (we discuss the latter in more detail in Chapters 8, 10, and 11).
We listed five options and asked respondents to select up to two responses that best capture law enforcement’s involvement on their specific school teams.
Sample (N = 854) · Appendix A table base (respondents answering the table question; see note for tables)
The vast majority of respondents (82 percent) selected two roles, while 14 percent selected only one.
The intent in forcing a choice was to focus on the most important roles police play on these teams, in the view of respondents.
Sample (N = 854) · Appendix A table base (respondents answering the table question; see note for tables)
A handful of respondents (4 percent) ignored the instructions and selected more than two roles.
Specifically, we asked those principals who included either school-based or non-school-based law enforcement on their school’s BTAM team what role these individuals played on the team.
We first examined how many principals responded that law enforcement personnel play the following role(s) on their school BTAM teams:
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