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
This article is more than 1 month old US mass shootings are getting deadlier and more common, analysis shows
"Our analysis is based on data from the Violence Project, a nonprofit research group that uses a narrow definition of mass shootings adopted from the congressional research service, which advises federal lawmakers. Thirty-one of these massacres occurred from 2017 through 2021, compared with 24 from 2012 through 2016, according to the Violence … [Read more...]
July 4 Shooting – Blood, Carnage, Horrific
"Police say Monday's holiday mass shooting had been planned for weeks. Seven people died and dozens were injured as Robert Crimo III fired as many as 70 rounds into the crowd from a Highland Park rooftop. The shooter accessed the roof via a fire escape ladder, then fled the scene wearing women’s clothing. An AR-15-type weapon was used n the … [Read more...]
What You Need to Know About the Rise in U.S. Mass Shootings
"Our analysis is based on data from The Violence Project, a nonprofit research group that uses a narrow definition of mass shootings adopted from the Congressional Research Service, which advises federal lawmakers. Thirty-one of these massacres occurred from 2017 through 2021, compared with 24 from 2012 through 2016, according to The Violence … [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...]