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Campus Attacks: Targeted Violence Affecting Institutions of Higher Education
Abstract: This report provides an assessment of 272 incidents of violence that affected institutions of higher education (IHE) in the United States between 1909 and 2008. The report offers perspectives on key aspects of targeted violence at IHEs and provides a... (read more)
Publication Date: 2010
Prior Knowledge of Potential School-Based Violence: Information Students Learn May Prevent a Targeted Attack
Abstract: This study aimed to further the prevention of targeted school-based attacks by exploring how students with prior knowledge of attacks made decisions regarding what steps, if any, to take after learning the information. The study also sought to identify... (read more)
Publication Date: 2008
The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the U.S.
Abstract: An extensive examination of 37 incidents of targeted school violence that occurred in the United States from December, 1974 through May, 2000.
Publication Date: 2002
Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates
Abstract: This publication is the product of an ongoing collaboration between the Secret Service and the Department of Education. The focus is on the use of the threat assessment process pioneered by the Secret Service as one component of the Department of... (read more)
Publication Date: 2002