Within this news report, Dr. Jillian Peterson discusses her work and book "The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic" after the Highland Park shooting. Watch here. Source: WGN News Chicago … [Read more...]
The Violence Project: How to stop a mass shooting epidemic
Research Identifies Common Profiles for Mass Shooters
"It shouldn’t shock you that the suspect in Monday’s mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb was a young white man, Mehdi says. That description falls right in line with a recent pattern seen in cities across the U.S. Dr. Jillian Peterson, the researcher who’s work reveals those commonalities, joins Mehdi to discuss how we can … [Read more...]
Transcript: Dr. Jillian Peterson and Dr. James Densley on “Face the Nation,” June 12, 2022
The following is a transcript and video recording of Jillian Peterson and James Densley on Face the Nation. In this interview, they discuss their research on mass shooters, what they found with crisis intervention, how this applies to schools and gun ownership, and much more. Read and watch here. Author: Face the Nation Source: CBS News … [Read more...]
We Need Hope to Combat Violence. That Won’t Arrive Without Action.
"What might have stopped the gunman from killing 21 people in Uvalde, Texas? In the aftermath of the shootings, familiar details emerged. We know he fought with his mother. We know he has been accused of posting footage of himself seriously abusing one or more cats online. We know he shot his grandmother, who worked at Robb Elementary. We know he … [Read more...]
Young men, guns and the prefrontal cortex
"Peterson is a criminologist who studies the life histories of mass shooters, and when she has gone back decades later to interview perpetrators who committed an attack in their teens or early 20s, “they don’t even recognize the person that did that.” She said the perpetrators describe feeling “disconnected” from their murderous earlier … [Read more...]