"Importance: Understanding the motivation of a mass shooter’s intent to do harm can help practitioners and policy makers develop more effective intervention strategies. Objective: To examine the prevalence of communication of intent to do harm, known as leakage, in a sample of 170 mass public shooters from 1966 to 2019; the characteristics of … [Read more...]
Communication of Intent to Do Harm Preceding Mass Public Shootings in the United States, 1966 to 2019
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Nonfiction Part 1
Not everyday you get mentioned in the same breath as #Fauci, @ChrisCuomo, David Attenborough, @JaneGoodallInst, @willsommer, @MichaelEDyson, @sapinker but The Violence Project is a @PublishersLunch nonfiction "buzz book". Coming Sept 7th @ABRAMSbooks - from Twitter Preorder on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1419752952/ Read the Full … [Read more...]
Unlikely Research Opportunity with The Violence Project Launches Career Path
Hamline News published an article featuring The Violence Project's research into mass shootings. Kyle Knapp '18 discusses how his work as a volunteer researcher affected his life, and Dr. Jillian Peterson expands on The Violence Project's purpose. Read the full article here Source: Hamline News Author: Tom Brandes … [Read more...]
Why Nonprofits Can’t Research Gun Violence As Well As The Feds
Federal funding for gun-related research through the CDC and National Institutes of Health is limited by the Dickey Amendment, which bans the use of federal money to "advocate or promote gun control." However, this amendment doesn't restrict all federal funding. The Violence Project's co-founder James Densley commented on the impact of a grant from … [Read more...]