widely inclusive, open-source school shooting data
Documents when a gun is fired, brandished, or bullet hits school property.
Peer Reviewed Research Methodology
The K-12 SSDB includes detailed information about every school shooting, a reliability score that quantifies the dependability of the information, and the verified primary source citation(s) (e.g., newspaper article, court records, interviews, police reports) to allow for further academic research. The scope is widely inclusive to allow for a comprehensive analysis of school shooting data.
Through the inclusion, rather than exclusion, of criteria that are cross-referenced, unfiltered, and agnostic, users can conduct more detailed analyses of gun violence in schools within their areas of interest from which to make better informed decisions about school safety.
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