SCHOOL CRIME, SAFETYAND THREATS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- BOMB THREATS IN SCHOOLS -- ABOUT THE PROBLEM-SPECIFIC GUIDES SERIES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE PROBLEM OF BOMB THREATS IN SCHOOLS -- Related Problems -- Extent of Bomb Incidents and Bomb Threats -- Impact on Victims -- About Bomb Threats -- Factors Contributing to Bomb Threats in Schools -- UNDERSTANDING YOUR LOCAL PROBLEM -- Asking the Right Questions -- Measuring Your Effectiveness -- RESPONSES TO THE PROBLEM OF BOMBTHREATS IN SCHOOLS -- General Considerations for an Effective Response Strategy -- Specific Responses to Bomb Threats in Schools -- Response with Limited Effectiveness -- APPENDIX A: SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO BOMBTHREATS IN SCHOOLS -- APPENDIX B:WARNING SIGNSOF POTENTIAL SCHOOL VIOLENCE -- APPENDIX C: QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN COORDINATINGTHE BOMB THREAT RESPONSE TEAM -- Police -- Fire -- Bomb Squad (Also May Include Explosives Detection CanineUnit) -- EMS -- ATF -- Local Emergency Management Office -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- RECOMMENDED READINGS -- OTHER PROBLEM-ORIENTED GUIDES FOR POLICE -- Problem-Specific Guides series: -- Response Guides series -- Upcoming Problem-Oriented Guides for Police -- Chapter 2SCHOOL AND CAMPUS SAFETY PROGRAMSAND REQUIREMENTS IN THE ELEMENTARYAND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACTAND HIGHER EDUCATION ACT* -- ABSTRACT -- OVERVIEW -- ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARYEDUCATION ACT (ESEA) -- Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act -- Grants to States -- Other Relevant ESEA Programs -- Unsafe School Choice Option[23] -- HIGHER EDUCATION ACT (HEA) -- HEA Title IV Institutional Eligibility Requirements -- Campus Crime and Security Requirements in the HEA -- Funding and Related Support -- Public Information Availability -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3CRIME IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES:ASTUDYOF OFFENDERS AND ARRESTEES REPORTEDVIA NATIONAL INCIDENT-BASED REPORTINGSYSTEM DATA.

INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- DATA -- METHODOLOGY -- Special Offense Definitions -- Offender Characteristics -- Victim-to-Offender Relationships -- Offense Characteristics -- Arrestee Characteristics -- LIMITATIONS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A: NUMBER OF OFFENSES OF CRIMEIN SCHOOLS, BY OFFENSE TYPE, BY YEAR -- NUMBER OF OFFENSES OF CRIMEIN SCHOOLS, BY OFFENSE TYPE, BY YEAR -- APPENDIX B:WEAPON TYPE BY OFFENSE TYPE FOR CRIME IN SCHOOLS, 2000-2004 -- APPENDIX C: INCIDENT REPORTS TO COUNTS -- APPENDIX D: TABLE METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX E: NIBRS SEGMENTS, DATA ELEMENTS,AND THEIR USE IN THIS STUDY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.