Monitoring School Shooting Incidents
The K-12 School Shootings Database, available at k12ssdb.org, offers a detailed and extensive record of gunfire incidents at K-12 schools across the United States. This database, regarded as one of the most comprehensive of its kind, has been compiled by researchers at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
While the direct hosting link from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School was not explicitly identified, recent mentions in security articles suggest a close association between the database and the research efforts of institutions including the Naval Postgraduate School.
For those seeking official government or academic distribution of the dataset, research repositories or direct contact with the Naval Postgraduate School's acquisition or research departments may be a useful starting point.
The database covers gunfire incidents at K-12 schools from 1970 to the present, providing a summary of each incident, specifying the type of gun used, the location of the incident, and details about the perpetrators' backgrounds. It also includes data on the ages and injuries of 2,615 victims across 2,062 incidents.
The dataset does not provide additional data points about the school gun incident dataset through the associated image, credited to Flickr user Andy Simonds. However, it serves as a valuable resource for understanding the history and scope of school shootings in the U.S. over the past five decades.
- The comprehensive K-12 School Shootings Database, a valuable tool for education-and-self-development and general-news, offers detailed data about gunfire incidents at K-12 schools in the U.S. from 1970 to the present.
- In the field of crime-and-justice, researchers can utilize the K-12 School Shootings Database for research purposes, as it provides extensive details about each incident, including the type of gun used, the location, and the backgrounds of the perpetrators.
