Acts of terrorism and mass violence targeting schools: Analysis and implications for preparedness in the USA

Jeff Schlegelmilch, Elisaveta Petkova, Stephanie Martinez and Irwin Redlener
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Jeff Schlegelmilch: Director of National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University, USA

Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, 280-289

Abstract: To enhance the preparedness of US schools to acts of terrorism and mass violence, the landscape of threats against schools must first be understood. This includes exploring the global trends of acts of terrorism against schools, as well as looking specifically at the history of terrorism and acts of mass violence against schools domestically. This paper conducts a review of two databases in order to look at the trends in acts of terrorism and mass violence carried out against schools, and provides recommendations for domestic school preparedness based on this information.

Keywords: school preparedness; terrorism; homeland security; children and disasters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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