Viewpoint: Yes, to prevent school shootings, which have become a threat to the public health, school psychologists or social workers should evaluate all students for signs of mental instability or a potential for violence.

Viewpoint: No, universal assessment of students is not a realistic solution to the prevention of school violence.

Although juvenile violence declined during the last decade of the twentieth century, a series of school shootings shook the nation. Between 1995 and 2000, students at 12 schools planned and carried out shootings that resulted in the deaths of several students and teachers at each school. In other incidents, shootings resulted in at least one death per school. School shootings occurred in Washington, Alaska, Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Oregon, Virginia, Colorado, Georgia, New...