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Changing School Violence Prevention Approaches

March 16, 2020

While the names of victims and perpetrators are spread by the media, survivors of school shootings tend to be overlooked. Yet, the people directly affected by school shootings do not simply disappear. Missy Dodds is using her experience as a survivor of the 2005 Red Lake school shooting to reorient violence prevention approaches. Since the shooting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media, News, Watch or Listen Tagged With: School shootings, suicidality, suicide prevention, school safety

Minnesota creators of ‘Mass Shooter Database’ sharing work with politicians, educators, police

January 15, 2020

A training session Friday, January 17, 2020, in downtown St. Paul will discuss their preliminary findings and mass shooting prevention strategies. More than 200 people from across Minnesota and the country are scheduled to attend the sold-out session. The Violence Project will present findings to a Minnesota House committee in early … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Mass shootings, violence prevention, suicide prevention, Policy

How suicide prevention may help stop mass killers before they start shooting

August 11, 2019

A potential predictor of mass shootings is suicidality. Dr. Jillian Peterson shared that her latest analysis showed that 80 percent of the perpetrators were suicidal before the shooting, which she says it is key to understanding their actions. “In every case, this was intended to be their final act. They are murders, but they are murder-suicides. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research, Watch or Listen Tagged With: Mass shootings, violence prevention, trauma, suicidality, suicide prevention, validation, commonalities

Daily Digest: School Safety and Guns

March 28, 2019

Good morning and happy Thursday. Here's the Digest. 1. Researchers say a fresh approach to school safety is needed. Lockdown drills top the list of security measures Jillian Peterson believes schools need to drop. Peterson, a Hamline University criminology professor, thinks training the adults in school on lockdown procedures, de-escalation and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: suicide prevention, intervention, active shooter, Lockdown drills, Active shooter drills, mental health

Active Shooter Drills are Traumatizing a Generation

May 1, 2018

Active shooter drills are designed to prepare staff and students for a school shooting. These drills are practiced in the name of safety and to set parents' minds at ease about sending their children to school. The Violence Project's Jillian Peterson discusses the risk of contagion that accompanies mass shootings and active shooter drills, as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research, Media Tagged With: suicidality, suicide prevention, active shooter, school safety, Active shooter drills

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