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In a year of pain, one silver lining: fewer mass shootings

December 29, 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, The Violence Project's co-founders once again spoke with Associated Press reporter Lisa Marie Pane for a recap of this year's lack of mass shootings. The number of mass shootings this year - two - is lower than it ahs been in over a decade. The decline in mass killings is “almost a natural experiment for the test of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mass shooting, social contagion, copycat, contagion, gun access, Gun violence, risk factors

Virus Job Losses, Evictions Seen Risking Mass Attacks in Future

August 10, 2020

"Anxiety about the pandemic and continued shutdowns may tamp down public fears of mass attacks in public spaces when the economy reopens, said Jillian Peterson, an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Hamline University in Minnesota and co-founder of the Violence Project. 'The other line of thinking, which I think to me is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research, News Tagged With: Mass violence, social contagion, mental health, risk factors

Mass shootings are contagious. How can they be stopped?

November 5, 2019

“I think in many ways people view mass shootings as a part of American society in the way baseball, apple pie and the Fourth of July are,” says Jaclyn Schildkraut, associate professor of criminal justice at the State University of New York at Oswego and an expert on mass shootings. “It’s just something that’s expected as ‘who we are as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research, Media Tagged With: social contagion, copycat, violence prevention, contagion, suicidality

Germany shooting livestreamed despite efforts by tech firms

October 10, 2019

The livestreamed video of Wednesday's deadly shooting in Halle, Germany has potentially been viewed by millions of people after being posted on the Twitch gaming platform. A Twitch spokesperson has said that "Twitch has a zero-tolerance policy against hateful conduct, and any act of violence is taken extremely seriously." After the Christchurch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Mass violence, social contagion, copycat, contagion, social media, performance

We analyzed 53 years of mass shooting data. Attacks aren’t just increasing, they’re getting deadlier

September 1, 2019

If you look at mass shootings over time, two things are alarmingly clear: The attacks are becoming far more frequent and they are getting deadlier. Our society must rewrite the violence script to stop the contagion. Read More Source: Los Angeles Times Authors: James Densley and Jillian Peterson   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Mass violence, mass shooting, mass shooting definition, social script, social contagion, copycat, frequency

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