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The federal government identified additional resources that highlight strategies for school safety. Use these resources to learn more about targeted violence.
Targeted Violence Averted: College and University Case Studies
Department of Justice, 2020
School Resource Officers: Averted School Violence Special Report
Department of Justice, 2020
This report examines 12 case studies of incidents in which planned violence targeting K-12 schools was averted by the potential attackers' peers, school administrators, and other school safety stakeholders including school resource officers.
Creation of School Shooting Open-Source Database Fuels Understanding
Department of Justice, 2022
This article outlines information on the first open-source catalog of U.S. school shootings that researchers used to better understand the causes of school-related gun violence and identify intervention points.