The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States United States Secret Service and United States Department of Education

By Vossekuil, Bryan

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Title:	The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States United States Secret Service and United States Department of Education
Author:	Vossekuil, Bryan
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Language:	English
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Excerpt
Excerpt: Joint Message From The Secretary, U.S. Department Of Education, And The Director, U.S. Secret Service: Littleton, Colorado; Springfield, Oregon; West Paducah, Kentucky; Jonesboro, Arkansas. These communities have become familiar to many Americans as the locations where school shootings have occurred in recent years. School shootings are a rare, but significant, component of school violence in America. It is clear that other kinds of problems are far more common than the targeted attacks that have taken place in schools across this country. However, each school-based attack has had a tremendous and lasting effect on the school in which it occurred, the surrounding community, and the nation as a whole. In the aftermath of these tragic events, educators, law enforcement officials, mental health professionals, parents, and others have asked: Could we have known that these attacks were being planned? and, What can be done to prevent future attacks from occurring?...

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION: THE SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE . . . . . . . . .1 The Safe School Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Defining Targeted School Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 The Secret Service Threat Assessment Approach . . . . . . . . . . . .4 The Prevalence of Violence in American Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 The Study Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Sources of Information on Incidents of Targeted School Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Coding of Primary Source Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Analysis of Responses to the Coded Study Questions . . . . . . . .10 Organization of the Final Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Overview of Safe School Initiative Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 CHAPTER II: CHARACTERISTICS OF INCIDENTS OF TARGETED SCHOOL VIOLENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Target and Victim Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 CHAPTER III: FINDINGS OF THE SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE . . . . . . . . . . .17 Characterizing the Attacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Conceptualizing the Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Signaling the Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Advancing the Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Resolving the Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 CHAPTER IV: IMPLICATIONS OF SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE FINDINGS FOR THE PREVENTION OF TARGETED SCHOOL VIOLENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 The Implications of Key Study Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION: THREAT ASSESSMENT AS A PROMISING STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING SCHOOL VIOLENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Threat Assessment and Targeted School Violence Prevention . . .41 APPENDIX A: INCIDENTS OF TARGETED SCHOOL VIOLENCE, BY STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 APPENDIX B: INCIDENTS OF TARGETED SCHOOL VIOLENCE, BY YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 APPENDIX C: RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 CONTACT INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51