A Comparative Analysis of Attempted and Completed School-Based Mass Murder Attacks

Agnich, Laura E.

doi:10.1007/s12103-014-9239-5

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“…Nevertheless, relative to completed events, few potential mass casualty events may have been stopped by any means, let alone as the result of bystander reporting. In a study of attempted and completed mass murders in schools, Agnich () found that of 217 cases involving firearms between 1900 and 2010 across 38 countries, only 16% (35 cases) were averted by any means. Using a broad definition of “mass” to include any event with more than one intended victim, Sarteschi () found 57 averted mass homicide plots and threateners from 1993 to 2014 in the United States.…”

Section: Challenges For Threat Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Space between concern and crime

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2020

Criminology & Public Policy

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Amid widespread agreement that public mass violence is generally the result of understandable and often discoverable thoughts and behaviors, the threat assessment model of identifying, assessing, and managing potential offenders has proven an effective safety approach across different offender types. In this article I describe two impediments to the model's efficacy -incomplete national adoption of the model, and the disinclination of some bystanders to report concerning behaviors potentially related to public mass violence. I propose addressing the first of these obstacles by encouraging use of dissemination and implementation science, and the second by extending emerging application of social norms concepts. Each approach leverages the strength of existing (and developing) threat assessment strategies and highlights potentially productive areas for research and policy innovation.

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Section: Challenges For Threat Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Space between concern and crime

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2020

Criminology & Public Policy

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“…On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting took place on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. A single shooter who was the son of one of the teachers entered the campus and shot and killed 20 children and six adults (Agnich, 2014;Leary, Kowalski, Smith, & Phillips, 2003).…”

Section: School Emergency Operations Plansmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to several authors, school shootings on America's campuses are rare events that receive intense media coverage (Agnich 2014;Bondu & Scheithauer, 2014;Dorn & Dorn, 2005). However, there have been over 200 school shootings since 2013, which is an average of one per week.…”

Section: School Emergency Operations Plansmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Multiple Case Study of the Interagency Relationship Between School Administrators and Law Enforcement Personnel in the Creation, Implementation, and Sustaining of School Emergency Management Plans

Lopez

Swezey

Claxton

2019

Journal of School Leadership

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The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to examine how the interorganizational relationship between school administrators and law enforcement personnel in the Midwest, South, and Southwest regions of the United States with diverse cultures, missions, and objectives to collaborate to create, implement, and sustain emergency management readiness. The theoretical concept that guided this study involved interorganizational theories as they relate to two or more organizations working together toward a common goal. This study used purposeful sampling of 12 participants from three school districts from the states of Alabama, New Mexico, and Illinois. A within-case and cross-case analysis along with interviews, documents, and artifacts, such as school safety plans, school safety drills, safety audits, and Safe School rubrics were analyzed as part of the data collection process and were used to investigate interorganizational relationships between schools and law enforcement in relation to school emergency management readiness. Results indicated that the creation of emergency management plans is primarily the work of district administrators. The implementation process included district administrators and building principals with minimal input of law enforcement personnel. However, the process of sustaining school emergency plans is a joint effort between school and law enforcement personnel. Analysis of data affirmed the importance of having an effective interorganizational relationship between school and law enforcement personnel in the context of school safety to create an effective emergency management plan in the school.

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“…Massacres on American school premises by current or former students were relatively rare before the 1990s when they picked up and dramatically escalated in number and level of violence, leading mass media and scholars to speak of an epidemic (Larkin, 2009;Rocque, 2012;Agnich, 2015). The infamous shooting at Columbine High School in 1999 marked a turning point, providing an example and a "cultural script" for many subsequent followers to emulate.…”

Section: The School Shooting Epidemicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Jihad Against Palestinians? The Herostratos Syndrome and the Paradox of Targeting European Jews

Azam

Ferrero

2017

Defence and Peace Economics

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This paper addresses the waves of mass killings recently perpetrated by individuals with a weak or nonexistent ideological motivation, whose acts either appear to contradict their purported political cause or are admittedly driven by a quest for notoriety. Examples range from killers who have been waging jihad against European Jews to unattached mass killers such as the Germanwings pilot to the perpetrators of mass school shootings in America and worldwide. We argue that these phenomena can be understood as instances of the Herostratos syndrome, which has been known for thousands of years as characterizing the behavior of people who seek to survive in the collective memory by excelling in their infamous acts. We provide a model of hybrid killers which accommodates the Herostratic motive alongside a political motive and characterize a well-behaved Nash equilibrium where Herostratic killers are competing with one another with a view to make a name for themselves in infamy. The policy implications point toward reducing the publicity the killers enjoy, thus frustrating their quest for notoriety.

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A Comparative Analysis of Attempted and Completed School-Based Mass Murder Attacks

Cited by 67 publications

References 29 publications

Space between concern and crime

Space between concern and crime

A Multiple Case Study of the Interagency Relationship Between School Administrators and Law Enforcement Personnel in the Creation, Implementation, and Sustaining of School Emergency Management Plans

Jihad Against Palestinians? The Herostratos Syndrome and the Paradox of Targeting European Jews

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