Appendix A
Incidents of Targeted School Violence, by State

State

Town or County

Alabama

Lanett

Alaska

Bethel

Arkansas

Jonesboro, Stamps

California

Anaheim, Napa, Olivehurst, Palo Alto, Redlands

Colorado

Jefferson County (Littleton)

Florida

Lake Worth

Idaho

Notus

Iowa

Manchester

Georgia

Conyers, Scottsdale

Kansas

Goddard

Kentucky

Grayson, Union, West Paducah

Massachusetts

Great Barrington

Mississippi

Pearl

Missouri

DeKalb, Patterson

Montana

Lewistown

New Mexico

Deming

New York

Olean

North Carolina

Greensboro

Oklahoma

Fort Gibson

Oregon

Springfield

Pennsylvania

Edinboro

South Carolina

Blacksville

Tennessee

Fayetteville, Lynville

Texas

Austin

Virginia

Virginia Beach

Washington

Moses Lake

Wisconsin

Wauwatosa

  Appendix B
Incidents of Targeted School Violence, by Year

Year

Month and Day

 

 

1974

December 30

1978

May 18, October 15

 

 

1985

January 21

1986

December 4

1987

March 2

1988

December 14

1989

October 5

 

 

1992

May 1, May 14, December 14

1993

January 18, December 1

1994

May 26, October 12, November 8

1995

January 23, October 12, November 15

1996

February 2, February 8, March 25, September 25

1997

February 19, October 1, December 1, December 15

1998

March 24, April 24, May 19, May 24

1999

April 16, April 20, May 20, November 19, December 6

 

 

2000

May 26

Appendix C
Resources

Boys and Violence

Pollack, W. (1998).  Real boys: Rescuing our sons from the myths of boyhood.  New York: Henry Holt, Inc.
Pollack, W., & Cushman, K. (2001).  Real boys workbook.  New York: Villard.
Pollack, W., & Shuster, T. (2000).  Real boys’ voices.  New York: Random House.

Legal Issues

Medaris, M.L., Campbell, E., & James, B. (1997, June).  Sharing information: A guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and participation in juvenile justice programs.  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and U.S. Department of Education, Family Policy Compliance Office.
Slayton, J. (2000, March).  Establishing and maintaining interagency information sharing.  JAIBG Bulletin.  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Thomerson, J. (2001, May).  School violence: Sharing student information.  Denver, Colo.: National Conference of State Legislatures.


Related Research

Borum, R. (2000).  Assessing violence risk among youth.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56, 1263-1288. Dwyer, K., Osher, D., & Wagner, C. (1998).  Early warning, timely response: A guide to safe schools.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education. Fein, R.A., & Vossekuil, B.V. (1999).  Assassination in the United States: An operational study of recent assassins, attackers, and near-lethal approachers.  Journal of Forensic Sciences, 44, 321-333.  Available at http://www.secretservice.gov/ntac.htm Editor's Note: this url is no longer active.

Threat Assessment

Borum, R., Fein, R., Vossekuil, B., & Berglund, J. (1999). Threat assessment: Defining an approach for evaluating risk of targeted violence. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 17, 323-337. Available at http://www.secretservice.gov/ntac.htm Editor's Note: this url is no longer active.
Fein, R.A., & Vossekuil, B. (1998). Protective intelligence & threat assessment investigations: A guide for state and local law enforcement officials (NIJ/OJP/DOJ Publication No. 170612). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice. Available at http://www.secretservice.gov/ntac.htmEditor's Note: this url is no longer active.
Fein, R.A., Vossekuil, B., & Holden, G.A. (1995, September). Threat assessment: An approach to prevent targeted violence. National Institute of Justice: Research in Action, 1-7. Available at http://www.secretservice.gov/ntac.htmEditor's Note: this url is no longer active.
Reddy, M., Borum, R., Berglund, J., Vossekuil, B., Fein, R., & Modzeleski, W. (2001). Evaluating risk for targeted violence in schools: Comparing risk assessment, threat assessment, and other approaches. Psychology in the Schools, 38, 157-172. Available at http://www.secretservice.gov/ntac.htm Editor's Note: this url is no longer active.


Web Sites

United States Department of Education: www.ed.gov
United States Secret Service: www.secretservice.gov  Editor's Note: this url is no longer active.

CONTACT INFORMATION

United States Secret Service  
National Threat Assessment Center  
950 H Street NW, Suite 9100  
Washington, DC  20223
Phone: 202-406-5470
Fax: 202-406-6180   
Web site: www.secretservice.gov/ntac   		United States Department of Education
Safe and Drug Free Schools Program
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-6123
Phone: 202-260-3954
Fax: 202-260-7767
Web site: www.ed.gov/oese/offices/sdfs

U.S. Department of Education

Roderick Paige

Secretary 

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Susan B. Neuman

Assistant Secretary 

Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program

William Modzeleski

Director 

U.S. Secret Service

Brian L. Stafford

Director 

Office of Protective Research

Barbara S. Riggs

Assistant Director 

National Threat Assessment Center
George P. Luczko

Special Agent in Charge

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