The National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) recently released:  Protecting America’s Schools – A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence. The report builds on 20 years of NTAC research and guidance in the field of threat assessment by offering an in-depth analysis of the motives, behaviors and situational factors of the attackers, as well as the tactics, resolutions and other operationally-relevant details of the attacks.

In compiling the report, the NTAC studied 41 incidents of targeted school violence that occurred at K-12 schools in the United States from 2008 to 2017. The purpose of the report is to aid law enforcement, school staff, mental health practitioners, government officials, and members of the general public in ensuring the safety of children of school.

A copy of the NTAC report can be found here. The agency has also released: Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence. An overview of the guide can be found here. The full guide can be found here.