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Database Of Mass Shooters Revised And Expanded

July 28, 2020

Multiple news outlets picked up our announcement of the Expanded and Updated Mass Shooter Database. You can read the update at Yahoo News, Business Insider, and the Associated Press. Sources: Hamline University, The Violence Project … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Research, News Tagged With: crisis, leakage, mass shooter, victims, guns, social isolation, domestic violence

Announcement: Mass Shooter Database Revised and Expanded

July 27, 2020

For questions or media comment:  Jillian Peterson, PhD, Co-founder, The Violence Project. Email:  jill@theviolenceproject.org New data on victims, guns, and mental health provide new insights and avenues for data-driven prevention The Violence Project, a nonpartisan research center, has released an updated and expanded version of its popular … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Research, Media, News Tagged With: Mass shootings, violence prevention, data-driven solutions, crisis, leakage, mental health, victims, guns, family

Gun Violence in America: The Psychology of Mass Shooters

September 1, 2019

The Violence Project's Jillian Peterson joined Dr. Celine Gounder to discuss the psychology of mass shooters and findings from The Violence Project's mass shooter database. Listen to the Podcast Transcript available here. Source: In Sickness and In Health Podcast - Season 3, Episode 25 Length: 40 minutes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media, Watch or Listen Tagged With: violence prevention, leakage, suicidality, commonalities, mass shooters, Lockdown drills, warning signs, mental health

Have police really thwarted more mass shootings since El Paso and Dayton, or are we just paying closer attention?

August 23, 2019

With mass shootings becoming more prevalent in the mainstream media, it is important to look into these threats and take them seriously. “In 80% of the mass shooting cases that we studied the person leaked their plans ahead of time and made a specific threat,” Jillian Peterson, an assistant professor of criminology and Criminal Justice at Hamline … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research, Watch or Listen Tagged With: mass shooting, social contagion, violence prevention, leakage, threats

Can Teachers Be Trained to Prevent Future School Shootings? Researchers Say Yes

August 15, 2019

Most school shooters are current or former students. Most are suicidal. And most share their plans in advance. These are among the key findings of The Violence Project, a research effort examining 50 years of mass shootings in the U.S. The project’s insights have been cited widely in news stories in the wake of recent mass shootings in Dayton … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research, Media Tagged With: trauma, leakage, school shooter, Active shooter drills, training

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