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Improving School Safety Through Bystander Reporting: A Toolkit for Strengthening K-12 Reporting Programs
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Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016-2020
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Averting Targeted School Violence: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Plots Against Schools
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Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence
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Mass Attacks in Public Spaces - 2019

National Threat Assessment Center

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The National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) was established as a component of the Secret Service in 1998 to provide research and guidance in direct support of the Secret Service protective mission, and to others with public safety responsibilities.

The center’s staff is composed of a multidisciplinary team of social science researchers and regional program managers who support and empower our partners in law enforcement, schools, government, and other public and private sector organizations to combat the ever-evolving threat of targeted violence impacting communities across the United States.

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    Improving School Safety Through Bystander Reporting: A Toolkit for Strengthening K-12 Reporting Programs

    Read the "Improving School Safety Through Bystander Reporting: A Toolkit for Strengthening K-12 Reporting Programs" report

  • Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016-2020

    Read the "MAPS: 2016-2020" report

  • Hot Yoga Tallahassee: A Case Study of Misogynistic Extremism

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  • Averting Targeted School Violence: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Plots Against Schools

    Read the "Averted Attacks" report.

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