Prevention methods like lockdown drills do not account for many scenarios, including the likely case that a school shooter is a former or current student.
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To prevent suicide by firearm: Reduce access for youths or adults with suicide risk.
In the United States, the state you live in, how you vote and how extreme your views are can all have an impact on your health and wellbeing. There are also lessons for Australia.
Our research found that while ShotSpotter may have benefits for improved detection and response, it offers little benefit for enforcement and clearance and did not reduce gunshot victimization.
Mass shootings account for only about 3% of gun homicides in the U.S.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is for anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, substance abuse issues or mental health problems.
Even fake guns can be dangerous if they are mistaken for real ones by the police or other armed adults.
Youth suicides in the US have increased by around 50% over the past decade – gun availability is a big part of that trend.
Bill C-21 is a potential game-changer for gun control in Canada, but it’s been a long time coming. What took so long?
Analysis of the 10 years in which the US banned sales of assault weapons shows that it correlates with a drop in mass shooting deaths – a trend that reversed as soon as the ban expired.
The nature of elected office combines with the lasting priorities of public opinion to put gun control on the back burner, even in times when it does get massive public attention.
Of the 13 mass school shootings that have taken place in the US, the three most deadly occurred in the last decade. Data from these attacks helped criminologists build a profile of the gunmen.
Stricter gun control laws may make mass shootings slightly less common, but other policies may work better to prevent mass shooting deaths.
The recent tragic deaths of four Victorian police officers have highlighted the dangers to those whose job it is to protect the community.
There’s no going back to the days when police did not carry guns. But now that they have them, their training must be unremitting. Australian lives depend on it.
A new study looks at whether deaths by suicide could be lowered with mental health care. To a small degree, yes. But a look at the costs suggests there may be better ways to prevent shooting deaths.
Student activists are presenting important, emotionally powerful counter-narratives to those of the gun lobby. Their success will depend on whether they can sustain these efforts.
The gun industry has been virtually immune from liability for the deaths and injuries caused by its products since 2005. Can this change?
Advocates of gun control may despair in the wake of mass shootings like the one in Parkland, Florida, but the history of government support for the gun industry shows Americans have more sway than they think.
Did the government-funded gun buybacks introduced after the Port Arthur massacre have “no effect” in reducing gun deaths in Australia, as an audience member claimed on Q&A? Let’s look at the evidence.
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research; Adjunct Professor, School of Social Science, UNSW
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Visiting Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
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Lecturer in Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Doctoral candidate, The Ohio State University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston College
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
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Boston University