BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female. The shooting happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, when police say the girl pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot two other students and an … [Read more...]
Idaho shooting: Very few school incidents committed by girls
Violence Against Women and Public Mass Shootings
Two researchers from Boston University used our database in their cross-referencing study of mass shooters with histories of violence against women. Their study found that nearly half of public mass shooters have had known histories of violence against women. Read more about their other findings and future paths of research here. Authors: … [Read more...]
A Common Trait Among Mass Killers: Hatred Toward Women
“They’re angry and they’re suicidal and they’ve had traumatic childhoods and these hard lives, and they get to a point and they find something or someone to blame,” said Jillian Peterson, a psychologist and a founder of the Violence Project, a research organization that studies mass shootings. “For some people, that is women, and we are seeing that … [Read more...]