Join us on November 18th from 3-4:30 pm Eastern (4-5:30 pm CST) for a webinar on mass shooting research. This second webinar in a two-part series on mass shootings will review characteristics of these events over past decades, the psycho-social background of mass shooters, and the reasons behind school shootings. Register to attend this Webinar … [Read more...]
Upcoming Event: Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2
Reducing the Epidemic of Mass Shootings in the United States – If Not Now, When?
The New York State Bar Association Task Force on Mass Shootings and Assault Weapons published a report in November 2020 with recommendations on how to significantly decrease the occurrence of mass shootings. The report cited The Violence Project's data multiple times, including articles published by the LA Times in August and September of 2019. … [Read more...]
2019 Smart Talk Top Stories — research on guns and mass shooters
The 2019 top stories on Smart Talk series continues Friday with conversations that came in the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio last August. On Friday’s program, we hear that mass shooters from the past 50 years all have four traits in common. That’s according to The Violence Project — a think tank that … [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...]
What Makes a Mass Shooter? New Study Stresses the Need for Prevention
"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...]