The purpose of this quantitative research case study was to investigate school security and the effects of a recently completed keyless entry system implemented at a junior college located in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. This chapter will contain a literature review related to school security that includes the following components: recent history of school security problems, carceral effect of school security plans, keyless entry systems, and vandalism and theft. School safety plans have received increased attention over the past decade due to the increase in television coverage of mass school shootings. School officials relied on the moral motivations that underpin aggressive street policing as they struggled to “reach students” and make sense of new disciplinary policies while maintaining their identities as educators (Garret, 2001). In response, schools have emphasized gun safety. As originally enacted on March 31, 1994, the Gun-Safe Schools Act (GFSA) required each state receiving Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to have in effect a state law requiring local educational agencies to expel LEAs from school for a period of not less than one year a student determined to bring a weapon to school (Thomas, 2006). The main goal of trying to keep guns out of schools has been to push administrators into implementing plans with little information about what works for schools. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education http://ed.grammarly.com/editor/content?page.paperReportKey=#n (2003) informed teachers that they needed to add the possibility of terrorist attacks to their school safety plans. schools knowing that this would expand the schools' ability to meet the needs of students and the community. Reactions to school lessons... to the medium of paper... or to the gym.3. Coded for Pride entry only on certain days or at specific times.4. Also used as identity and debit cards5. Also used to control who enters particular car parks. The cost of a smart card system may be high upfront, but it saves you money in the long run due to its effectiveness. In the early 2000s the average price to change a door's locking mechanism was around $500. Robers, Zhang, and Truman (2010) estimated that more than 1.2 million nonfatal school crimes occurred between July 2008 and June 2009, including 619,000 thefts and countless acts of vandalism. School vandalism alone exceeds $1 billion per year in U.S. school districts (Thomas, 2006). Garret's (2001) research explained how the majority of teachers and students believed that violence occurred in the corridors or under the stairs, in the canteen, in the parking lot