The Violence Project's co-founder James Densley spoke with 9 News to discuss findings in the new Mass Shooter Database, specifically about mental health troubles and suicidality. Read the full article from 9 News here. … [Read more...]
Research reveals common traits behind mass shootings
Our co-founder Jill Peterson appeared on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom
Watch her full interview with Bill Hemmer HERE. … [Read more...]
No Mass Shootings in South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Maine, Vermont, and Delaware
"One map that South Dakota isn’t on is the Violence Project’s map of mass shootings. They count 171 instances over 50 years of killings of four or more people in public places by firearm and find no such events in South Dakota." The Dakota Free Press cited The Violence Project's data in an article that discusses the increase in hate-related mass … [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...]