"Beyond a desire for tighter firearm regulation, the Violence Project aims to focus on prevention: addressing the patterns surrounding gun violence in order to end it before it begins. This extensive database is definitely a step in the right direction." Source: We Are Mitú Author: Leah Scott … [Read more...]
What Makes a Mass Shooter? New Study Stresses the Need for Prevention
Minnesota Violence Project aims to understand mass shootings
Minnesota researchers have created a new database that seeks to help understand circumstances that contribute to mass shootings in the United States. Source: Associated Press Author: Associated Press Reprinted: US News and World Report and others. … [Read more...]
New study on mass shootings explores the traits that define perpetrators
Mass shooters are widely feared but narrowly understood. The U.S. government is trying to change that. A new study funded by the Department of Justice has analyzed all mass shootings since 1966, exploring what the gunmen have in common. It’s the largest study of its type ever paid for by the U.S. government. Read More Source: Mic Author: … [Read more...]
Local researchers release largest study on mass shootings
The Violence Project's Jill Peterson sat down with reporters at KSTP to discuss the largest study of mass shootings across the country. Looking closely at mental health, The Violence Project found that 80 percent of shooters showed signs of a crisis prior to the shooting. Read more here. … [Read more...]
St. Paul profs compiled database of U.S. mass shooters … and corresponded with six of them
A pair of St. Paul criminology professors, with the help of a federal grant, have compiled a database on “mass shooters” in America — which they believe to be the most comprehensive in academia to date. Read about it here Source: Pioneer Press Author: Tad Vezner … [Read more...]