{"id":26166,"date":"2019-11-12T14:59:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=26166"},"modified":"2019-11-12T14:59:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:59:32","slug":"us-school-attackers-history-of-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/us-school-attackers-history-of-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. school attackers show history of bullying and disciplinary troubles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Students who committed deadly school attacks in the U.S. are found to be badly bullied and with a history of disciplinary misconduct.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cases of U.S school attacks<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to a U.S. Secret Service study, most students that were involved in deadly school attacks in U.S. soil were victims of bullying and with a history of disciplinary misconduct.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In recent years, at least four cases involve attackers who wanted to emulate what has happened during the <a href=\"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/columbine-high-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1999 school shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado<\/a>. The U.S. Secret Service then assigned an investigation body following the shooting incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After the Columbine shooting incident in 1999, the Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center was created. The group was tasked to provide a comprehensive review of school attacks made in U.S. soil. <\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There were 41 attacks reported from 2008 to 2017, the group was given all the access to very sensitive data related to the incidents, from police reports, federal investigation files, school records, and related medical records.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Secret Service uses the gathered information to train school officials in identifying students with the potential of plotting a school attack and stop them before they strike.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to Lina Alathari, head of the investigative team,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The majority of these incidents are preventable.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">These are not sudden, impulsive acts where a student suddenly attacks without any noticeable signs.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Parents of the victims of school attacks have called on to school officials to pay attention to the research.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Please learn from our experience. It happened to us, it could happen to you and your community, too<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here are some key insights from the Secret Service Assessment team, these are analyzed data gathered from 41 incidents that happened from 2008 to 2017:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gender: Most attackers are male; Seven were female<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Age: mostly young adults, seventh graders to seniors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Race: 63 percent of the attackers are white; 15 percent were black; five percent were Hispanic; two percent were American Indian<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Weapons used: mostly guns but there were also case when knives were used. weapons used came from the attacker&#8217;s home.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Agent Alathari confirmed that there is no clear profile to single-out any attacker, but some information stands out, like: frequent absences before the attack, poor treatment from peers or classmates, feeling of being mistreated, suicidal, and victims of physical or online bullying. Most of them imagined they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/video-gaming-fosters-violent-culture-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">characters from video games and violence oriented videos<\/a> found online.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alathari believes that with the report in hand, it will help schools to assess student behaviors and detect noticeable behaviors that may lead to another attack.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFeature image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westword.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students who committed deadly school attacks in the U.S. are found to be badly bullied and with a history of disciplinary misconduct. 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