A new edition of the handbook has been released

 

Dear Colleagues.

I am pleased to inform you that in April 2024, the second edition of the handbook has been finalized. The file has already been posted on the website and is available for download.

The new edition corrects some errors and inaccuracies made in the first (test) edition.

What's new:

1. the handbook is supplemented with information on 38 serious crimes committed in schools, other educational and child care institutions (including preschools), of which 14 crimes have signs of mass murder and terrorist acts, the data on these crimes are detailed in more detail;

2. taking into account the additions, statistical models of personalities of probable suspects in committing such crimes were updated;

3. A new section – «Summary of suicide cases among suspects» - has been added. In this section the information on mass murders and terrorist acts committed in educational institutions, when the perpetrator committed suicide in the final stage, is highlighted and detailed by several parameters. I also made a brief cross-analysis of the obtained data, based on statistics and features (if any) of similar crimes, both for a certain period and in comparison.

I would like to thank all those who participated in the work on the second edition of the handbook for their help and useful recommendations. I very much hope for the same fruitful cooperation in the future.

Work on the third edition will begin soon. In the new editions, in addition to statistics, more attention will be paid to analyzing the obtained data, selecting and comparing individual parameters, searching for dependencies.

I will be very grateful to everyone who is ready to help me in the work on the handbook, to supplement it with information about crimes that are not listed in it and their characteristics. The principles of information collection, referral, review and verification, as well as contact information for the author and editor of the handbook, are given in the final part of the handbook, section «Prospects for new versions of the handbook» (p. 80).

My goal: to make a useful, convenient, informative, and, most importantly, publicly available reference and analytical tool for researchers and specialists in ensuring the safety of schools and other educational institutions from threats of various types and nature, as well as for all those who are interested in this topic. 

Regards.

Author and editor-in-chief.

Roman Grishin. 

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