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THE FINAL REPORT AND FINDINGS OF THE SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF SCHOOL ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES
THE FINAL REPORT AND FINDINGS OF THE SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF SCHOOL ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES
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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?"
In June 1999, following the attack at Columbine High School, our two agencies--the
U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education--launched a collaborative
effort to begin to answer these questions. The result was the Safe School Initiative,
an extensive examination of 37 incidents of targeted school shootings and school
attacks that have occurred in the United States beginning with the earliest identified
incident in 1974 through June 2000. The focus of the Safe School Initiative was on
examining the thinking, planning, and other behaviors engaged in by students who
carried out school attacks. Particular attention was given to identifying pre-attack
behaviors and communications that might be detectable--or "knowable"--and could
help in preventing some future attacks.
SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE FINAL REPORT
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?"
In June 1999, following the attack at Columbine High School, our two agencies--the
U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education--launched a collaborative
effort to begin to answer these questions. The result was the Safe School Initiative,
an extensive examination of 37 incidents of targeted school shootings and school
attacks that have occurred in the United States beginning with the earliest identified
incident in 1974 through June 2000. The focus of the Safe School Initiative was on
examining the thinking, planning, and other behaviors engaged in by students who
carried out school attacks. Particular attention was given to identifying pre-attack
behaviors and communications that might be detectable--or "knowable"--and could
help in preventing some future attacks.
SAFE SCHOOL INITIATIVE FINAL REPORT
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