Two weeks after the shooting that left 17 dead, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School returned to classes on Wednesday. On the return, BBC Mundo accompanied one of the survivors. This is her account and this is the story of the first day of school after the massacre. Read the full article here. Source: BBC Mundo Author: Lioman … [Read more...]
“Now I have to go back to where my friends were killed”: the hard return to school of a young Venezuelan woman after the Parkland shooting
Group Aggression
Group aggression is an important concern for societies around the world. The field of intergroup relations, a sub-field of social-psychology, offers critical insight into the emergence of group conflict and aggression. This review examines the most influential theoretical frameworks from the field of intergroup relations, namely realistic conflict … [Read more...]
Minnesota incident included in 2018 U.S. school-shooting total shouldn’t be, police official says
Eighteen. That’s the number repeated across airwaves and on websites after Wednesday’s deadly Florida school shooting, as it was called the 18th one in the United States in 2018. That statistic lumped the Parkland, Fla., incident, where a student armed with an AR-15 killed 17 people, with one Minnesota incident. On Feb. 5, a third-grader … [Read more...]
Mass shootings aren’t more frequent, but they are deadlier
It can sometimes seem as though mass shootings are occurring more frequently. Researchers who have been studying such crimes for decades say they aren't, but they have been getting deadlier. In the five years since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, the nation has seen a number of massacres topping the … [Read more...]
‘This shooter is a little different’: Hamline professor studies mass shootings
Professor Jillian Peterson spoke with John Wanamaker on MPR about the differences between the Las Vegas gunman and other mass shooters she has studied. Dr. Peterson is working with Professor James Densley to better understand why mass shootings happen and ways to prevent them. Listen to the segment on MPR here. The Associated Press … [Read more...]