Report examines violent attacks on U.S. college campuses

By Daniel de Vise

“A report by federal law enforcement officers, released last week on the third anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre, offers the first comprehensive analysis of violent attacks carried out on U.S. college campuses in the past century and finds that more than half have occurred in the past 20 years.”

“Researchers looked at public records of 272 incidents of "targeted violence" at colleges since 1900. The study, “Campus Attacks,” was a joint effort of the Secret Service, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Education…”

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