Wolves Amongst The Sheep: Assessing The Terrorist Threat To Academic Institutions In The United States

摘要

Introduction One of the greatest horrors we can imagine is that of an armed attack against a school, particularly at an institution comprised mostly of children, such as a grammar school or high school. That is why, for example, the world recoiled when Chechen terrorists attacked the primary school at Beslan, Russia, an event that effective captured the world's attention from 1-3 September 2004. This attack ultimately resulted in the deaths of more than 305 persons, mostly children, and more than 700 injured. Scores of other attacks by terrorists such as Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Taliban in Afghanistan, for example, target schools on a regular basis around the world.