Active Shooters: Web Sites

Local

• Safety Guidelines for Active Shooter Situations: ISU Department of Public Safety safety guidelines for the campus community in the event of an active shooter situation on campus. These guidelines provide safety tips for these situations as well as information concerning what can be expected from responding police. On the Department's web site at www.indstate.edu/pubsafety, click on "Safety Guidelines for Armed Subjects, Active Shooter Situations" [2-page pdf file] [posted on ISU Global email May 22, 2007]

General

• RELEASED AUGUST 30, 2007: Report of the Virginia Tech Review Panel -- Virginia Governor's panel

  Full Report {260 pages}

  Summary of Key Findings {4 pages)

  Table of Contents {3 pages}

• RELEASED AUGUST 22, 2007: Reports from three Virginia Tech internal review committees appointed by VT President Charles Steger:

  Overview and Formal Statements {print and audio}

  Security Infrastructure Group {35 pages}

  Information and Communications Infrastructure Group {147 pages}

  Interface Group {26 pages}

• We Remember: a memorial site at Virginia Tech
• RELEASED JUNE 13, 2007: US HHS: Review of the Virginia Tech Tragedy {Secretary Mike Leavitt} aka Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy}; available in html or 36-page pdf - opening page includes links to Mental Health Resources; School Safety Resources
• Warning Signs of Youth Violence- APA Help Center
• School Violence {American Press Institute; Links to areas including mental health resources, statistics/studies, analysis, trauma resources, info on prior school shootings}
• Violence - School Associated Violent Deaths
• Campus Safety Resources {National Criminal Justice Reference Service}
• Workplace Violence {US Dept. of Labor}
• Research on Occupational Violence & Homicide {NIOSH}
• Yahoo's Full Coverage: Virginia Tech Shootings; caution: links at sites like this are usually not permanent; you may have to track down newspaper stories either on a newspaper's web site (if archives available-most charge fees for archived articles) or thru subscription databases such as Lexis-Nexis (if available)

See Also Virginia Tech Shootings: Off the Wires {Yahoo}

News Stories {Yahoo}

Feature Stories {Yahoo}

Opinions & Editorials {Yahoo}

Criminology & Legal

• U.S. Department of Justice: Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2004 {Presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population}
• The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective {FBI, 52-page PDF; information on threat assessment, intervention, and recommendations}
• School Shootings: What You Should Know {FBI, October, 2006}
• Resources on School Violence {FBI, linked list}
• Synopsis of Crime in Schools and Colleges A Study of National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Data {FBI, 3-page PDF}
• Constitutional Rights Foundation: School Violence Links {Links to non-profit groups, victim organizations, government sources, etc.}
• Preventing School Shootings: A Summary of U.S. Secret Service Safe School Initiative Report {National Institute of Justice Journal, 6-pages; overview of known aspects of school shooters - warning signs, characteristics, profiles, etc.}
• Prevention and Response to School Violence {International Association of Chiefs of Police; numerous links to sources on preventing and responding to school violence}
• Evaluating Risk for Targeted Violence in Schools: Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education {Discusses developing effective threat assessment tools based on the threat assessment approach developed by the U.S. Secret Service}
• Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates {Includes information on conducting a school threat assessment, managing a threatening situation, and keeping schools safe}
• Deadly Lessons: School Shooters {Secret Service findings on characteristics and situations pertaining to school shooters}
• Criminal Justice Resources: School Safety and Violence {Michigan State University; links to numerous sources on organizations and publications dealing with school violence}

Education

• Center for the Prevention of School Violence {Resources to assist in with school shootings. Resources developed for particular rooms at school (auditorium, library, etc.}
• American School Counselor Association: School Shooting Resources {Links to publications and websites dealing with school shootings}
• Preventing School Violence: A Practical Guide to Comprehensive Planning {Indiana Education Policy Center; 38-page PDF; creating a safe school environment, early identification of students at risk for committing school violence, and responses to violent situations}
• Can School Shootings Be Prevented? {General profiles of those committing school shootings and assessing the danger they pose}
• For Parents: Bullying: Help your child hand a school bully
• School violence: An interview with a Mayo Clinic specialist 
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2006 {National Center for Education Statistics}
• National School Safety
• Conference on School Safety {White House, October 2006 and additional/updated information; includes conference video links)
• Are U.S. Schools Safe? (CNN; info on gun control issues pertaining to school shootings; info on various school shootings}
• School Crisis Response Initiative {a single issue of OVC, a periodical produced by the Office for Victims of Crime, September, 2003; includes links to other publications and a PDF version}
• Practical Information on Crisis Planning {US Dept. of Education, "Lead & Manage My School"; brochure available as html, Word, PDF color}
• Preventing Violence in Our Schools {University of Minnesota; contains advice for parents and educators; plus a variety of resources}
• Keeping the Peace: What You Should Know About Staffing a School Security Department {Information on creating security departments in educational facilities}

Health

• For Parents: Child Threats: When Are They Serious?
• HHS Fact Sheet: Youth Violence {United States Department of Health and Human Services}

Psychology

• Virginia Tech's Ongoing Support and Resources
• Fostering Resilience
• Coping with Tragedy; emotional support; sections include resources & articles; helping others; for managers; for faculty; multimedia
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network 
• Psychology of the School Shootings {Am. Psychological Assoc.; psychological overview of school shooters; including profiles, motives, and recommendations}
• Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters {2001 booklet from National Institute of Mental Health; 11-page PDF version available}