If you look at #massshootings 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. Our 2019 article from the @latimes: … [Read more...]
Mass Shootings Over Time (image on”Our Work” page)
Leakage by Mass Shooters
Of the mass shooters in our database who leaked their plans of a #massshooting, more threatened non-specific violence than a shooting. #prevention #data Learn more by downloading our database at http://theviolenceproject.org. Source: Twitter Return to all data visualizations … [Read more...]
In a year of pain, one silver lining: fewer mass shootings
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...]
Planning of Mass Shootings
Did you know? 46 of the mass shooters in our database had their #shooting well-planned in advance of the crime. Data from the Violence Project's mass shooter database. #datadriven Source: Twitter Return to all data visualizations … [Read more...]
Virus Job Losses, Evictions Seen Risking Mass Attacks in Future
"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...]