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Threat Assessment and Violence Prevention

Threat Assessment and Violence Prevention

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  • Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines
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    Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines

    These guidelines, developed in 2001, can be used as an evidence-based model for K-12 schools to conduct threat assessments. This approach to violence prevention emphasizes early attention to bullying and other conflict before it escalates to violent behavior.

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  • Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Forms
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    Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Forms

    Threat assessment forms can be used as a guideline or for training purposes when conducting threat assessments. A threat assessment should be conducted if there is reason to be concerned about behavior.

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  • Secret Service: Threat Assessment Model
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    Secret Service: Threat Assessment Model

    As part of its efforts to continue to combat school violence, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) created an operational guide that provides actionable steps that schools can take to develop a comprehensive targeted violence prevention plans for conducting threat assessments in schools. The guide, titled “Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat-Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence," is available on the U.S. Secret Service website.

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  • Secret Service: Targeted School Violence Analysis
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    Secret Service: Targeted School Violence Analysis

    The U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) studied the prevention of targeted school violence for 20 years and has released the report "Protecting America's Schools: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence." The report contains many facts about school violence, offers practical guidelines for prevention and is available on the U.S. Secret Service website.

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  • Strategies for Reporting Programs
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    Strategies for Reporting Programs

    Research has indicated that most school attacks are preceded by the attacker communicating with others about his or her plans. A reliable reporting system can help intervene in these situations, so SchoolSafety.gov released a three-page flyer outlining some recommended actions and resources to help schools and districts implement reporting programs.

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  • K-12 Bystander Reporting Toolkit
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    K-12 Bystander Reporting Toolkit

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and United States Secret Service (USSS) published a toolkit to give guidance to schools on how to improve and encourage reporting when students and other community members need help and want to report concerns about student wellness or safety issues. The toolkit stems from a literature review and dozens of interviews with stakeholders in K-12 school safety, behavioral threat assessments and reporting.

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  • K-12 School Safety and Security Resource Guide
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    K-12 School Safety and Security Resource Guide

    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) compiled the resources, tools and programs that were highlighted at the 2024 National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security.

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  • School Shooting Tracker: Counting School Shootings
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    School Shotting Tracker: Counting School Shootings

    The K–12 School Shooting Database is keeping record of U.S. school shooting incidents. The data includes when a gun is brandished or fired, as well as if a bullet hits school property for any reason.

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  • Explore the Map of Gunfire on the Grounds of U.S. Schools
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    Explore the Map of Gunfire on the Grounds of U.S. Schools

    Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund is an independent research organization that seeks to improve our understanding of the causes of gun violence and the means to reduce it—by conducting groundbreaking original research, developing evidence-based policies, and communicating this knowledge in the courts and in the courts of public opinion.

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