A growing body of research on mass shootings has three new reports on who carries out such attacks and how—or whether—they can be prevented. Two university researchers supported by a grant from the National Institute of Justice have created a mass-shooter database going back more than 50 years, covering 171 shootings in which four or more people … [Read more...]
Can Mass Shooter Attacks Be Prevented?
Why Nonprofits Can’t Research Gun Violence As Well As The Feds
Federal funding for gun-related research through the CDC and National Institutes of Health is limited by the Dickey Amendment, which bans the use of federal money to "advocate or promote gun control." However, this amendment doesn't restrict all federal funding. The Violence Project's co-founder James Densley commented on the impact of a grant from … [Read more...]
There is no single profile of a mass shooter. Our data show there are five types.
To really understand the profiles of mass shooters, you have to look at where the crime took place. Attacks in churches are perpetrated by a different type of person than attacks in malls and restaurants. And attacks at schools are carried out by very different types depending on whether they are at colleges or high schools. Read our analysis … [Read more...]
Mass shootings raise questions about security and training
Mass shooters who target schools and workplaces are typically insiders such as students or employees, calling into question the effectiveness of security measures and training, according to one of the most comprehensive studies of the subject. Read the article here Source: The Wall Street Journal Author: Zusha Elinson … [Read more...]
Mass shootings are contagious. How can they be stopped?
“I think in many ways people view mass shootings as a part of American society in the way baseball, apple pie and the Fourth of July are,” says Jaclyn Schildkraut, associate professor of criminal justice at the State University of New York at Oswego and an expert on mass shootings. “It’s just something that’s expected as ‘who we are as a … [Read more...]