Roman Grishin, author of articles and research

About the author:

lives and works in Russia, has a higher legal education. In the past, he worked in the Russian police for about 10 years, started his career as a patrol policeman, graduated as an inspector of the public order and security department of the City Police Department, and later worked in the safety services of enterprises and banks.
More than 20 years, independently engaged in criminological research, the main direction is countering street crime and terrorism, as well as ensuring the safety of educational institutions and places with a mass stay of children from threats of criminal, terrorist and other nature.

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Author's publications:

Handbook of Crimes and Terrorist Acts in Schools and Other Educational Institutions.
publication date: 28/02/2024
Information and Reference Manual. It contains statistical and other data on crimes and incidents of criminal and terrorist nature committed in schools, other educational and childcare institutions (including preschools) in the period from 2000 to 2023 (first edition) inclusive. In addition, the handbook contains the results of statistical analysis of these data, both for separate time periods and in comparison, and, based on the collected information, the author has attempted to create a «statistical model» of a potential criminal. Periodically reprinted with changes and additions.
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Questions the effectiveness of the use of technical means of safety and structural features of the premises, in schools and other educational institutions.
publication date: 06/05/2023
The author analyzes and evaluates such methods of security in educational institutions as: Automatically locked doors and windows made of particularly durable materials that can withstand shots and burglary attempts, active security equipment, and design features of the premises. How effective they can be in securing schools and other public places against criminal and terrorist threats.
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Tragedy at Covenant school, Nashville, preliminary assessments and conclusions.

publication date: 03/30/2023
On March 27, 2023, there was an attack on Covenant School, in the American city of Nashville, as a result of this attack 6 people were tragically killed. In his article, the author analyzes the chronology of events, the way the crime was committed, the actions of the attacker and law enforcement officials. Particular attention is paid to the assessment of vulnerabilities in the school security system, which were exploited by the attacker. In addition, the author makes suggestions for the introduction of new and more effective means of security, the use of which could prevent similar tragedies in the future and significantly reduce the loss of life.
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«PMC Ryodan» - what was it? Part 1. The hidden threat.

publication date: 03/23/2023
Author's opinion on a series of conflicts between representatives of youth subcultures (thematic communities of adolescents), which occurred in Russia (and also affected several neighboring countries) in February and March 2023. In the media, these events were referred to as «PMC Ryodan». The author gives his assessment of the events, gives arguments and suggests that this situation indicates the formation, a fundamentally new form of threat to public safety, the level of which is clearly underestimated.
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Ensuring the safety and security of schools, other educational institutions and places with a mass stay of children

publication date: 02/01/2022
the author analyzes the current situation in terms of ensuring school safety on the example of the United States and Russia. The general principles and individual elements on which the security system of educational and other children's institutions is built are considered in detail. Based on his conclusions from the analysis, the author proposes his project to create an effective, comprehensive multi-stage system for ensuring the safety and security of schools, other educational institutions, as well as other places with a mass presence of children, from threats of criminal, terrorist and other nature.
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Street terrorism - a global threat to human security, ways to counter

publication date: 01/15/2021
the article is divided into 2 parts. In the first part, the author analyzes a series of terrorist attacks committed on the streets of European cities over the past year, in his opinion, terrorist organizations and movements around the world have focused their attention on «Street Terror» and the number of such crimes will increase in the coming years. In the second part, the author, based on the previous analysis, puts forward his proposals on a set of effective measures to counter street terrorism.
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Bioterrorism is one of the world's main threats to humanity in the near future

publication date: 09/25/2020
the article is divided into 2 parts. The first one analyzes the situation with the activities of the police services to ensure public order and security during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The potential capabilities of other law enforcement agencies in the event of a terrorist act using bacteriological weapons, the existing vulnerabilities and possible consequences are assessed. In the second, the author offers a list of specific measures and their justification, the implementation of which should significantly increase the effectiveness of countering such threats and minimize damage in cases of bioterrorism.
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Policing in special settings, quarantine regimes and pandemics of dangerous viral infections

publication date: 07/14/2020
the author considers and analyzes the situation during the global epidemic of a new coronavirus infection, which clearly showed that the police services of most countries of the world were not ready to work in conditions of quarantine and threats of dangerous viruses. What conclusions, in the opinion of the author, should be made in this situation and what measures should be taken to correct the mistakes made and prevent similar situations in the future.
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