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The Say Something Anonymous Reporting System allows the public to submit secure and anonymous safety concerns to help identify and intervene upon at-risk individuals prior to an incident.

The Safe School Initiative's final report details threat assessment techniques based on studies of previous violence. The report is for school administrators, law enforcement, and state officials.

This report provides an examination of 37 incidents of targeted school violence that occurred in the United States from December 1974 through May 2000. It further sets forth a process for identifying, assessing, and managing students who may pose a threat of targeted violence in schools.

This report, the second in a yearly series, provides an analysis of mass attacks that occurred in public spaces in the United States between January and December 2018.  These incidents included three mass attacks targeting high schools, including the attacks in Benton, KY; Parkland, FL; and Santa Fe, TX.

This report, the first in a yearly series, provides an analysis of mass attacks that occurred in public spaces in the United States between January and December 2017.

This document provides an overview of the model that the University of Virginia developed for conducting student threat assessments. It includes a review of each step of the process as well as the rationale behind each one.

This report summarizes the findings of a study that aimed to further the prevention of targeted school-based attacks by exploring how students with prior knowledge of attacks made decisions regarding what steps, if any, to take after learning the information.

This survey provides the general public with results regarding authorities’ knowledge of victimization incidents involving children and youth, particularly police, school and medical authorities.

This report includes practical advice gathered from experienced school resource officers (SROs) on how law enforcement, schools and school districts can work together to keep schools safe.

This webpage provides various tools developed by the Center for Disease Control to help the general public understand and effectively prevent school violence.