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.
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A school shooting in a small Texas town was almost as deadly as the worst such event in US history. Such shootings have increased in frequency over the last few years.
When young people plan a mass shooting, especially at a school, they typically reveal their plans in advance. Two scholars weigh in on whether the warning signs are being heeded in the right way.
It’s rare when parents are criminally responsible for the.actions of their child. The behavior of Jennifer and James Crumbley was so egregious, the prosecutor explained, she had no other choice.
Years after the Sandy Hook massacre, school shootings are still frequent. Addressing the problem head-on takes more than ‘thoughts and prayers.’
Conspiracy theories surrounding the Sandy Hook school shooting continue to reverberate in the US, but now there are legal consequences.
With school shootings in 2021 at the highest they’ve ever been, experts on the topic offer advice about what to do about it.
Disturbing online posts and written messages were purportedly left by Ethan Crumbley in the days running up to deadly school shooting.
School shootings are typically preceded by a series of warning signs. Are educators, police and policymakers paying enough attention?
A 15-year-old sophomore killed four students in a Michigan school attack. The gun he used was purchased by his father just four days earlier.
The pandemic largely gave America a reprieve from school shootings. Two criminologists say gun violence could return to America’s schools worse than before as in-person classes resume.
Anyone hoping for gun reform should take note of how the aftermath of the UK’s worst shooting played out.
Teachers unions and gun-control advocates who decry the use of fake blood and simulated shootings have cause for concern. But getting students ready does take training and practice.
Being ready takes training and practice. But it might not require fake blood and simulated shootings.
The Supreme Court’s refusal to block the Sandy Hook lawsuit may lead to a flood of litigation, which ultimately may compel the gun industry to change the way it designs, markets and sells firearms.
Efforts to ‘harden’ school buildings could distract from the need to focus on human behavior and what’s known about school shooters.
The 1999 Columbine high school shooting spawned a generation of school shooters who tried to copy it, research shows.
The April 30 shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte isn’t an outlier. Research shows it fits a familiar pattern of campus shootings in terms of time and place.
Media coverage of the Columbine school shooting that took place in 1999 has ended up becoming a playbook for school shooters in the United States and beyond, an analysis of school shootings reveals.
School shooters typically show warning signs long before they become killers, but educators are sometimes ill-equipped to act on what they see, two researchers who are analyzing mass shooters say.
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
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Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
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Ph.D. student in Criminal Justice and Creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, University of Central Florida
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Co-Director, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, State University of New York Oswego
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