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A Descriptive Analysis of the Characteristics of School Shootings Across Five Decades
Research on understanding school shootings has traditionally focused on the individual level factors surrounding several highly publicized mass...
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Pathways to School Shooting Subculture: Re-thinking Theory Across Strain, Imitation, and Digital Mediation
Since the Columbine High School-massacre, the world continues to witness school shootings. The current state of research presents us with nuanced...
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Case Study Analysis of CEE Mass Shootings
This chapter presents data on 76 attempted and completed mass shootings that arose in the central and eastern European countries from 1992 to 2021....
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A Comparative Analysis of Foiled and Completed Mass Shootings
This study provides a comparative analysis of foiled and completed mass shootings in the United States between 2000 and 2019. Specifically, this work...
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School Shooting
Quantitative Erhebungen verzeichnen eine kontinuierliche Häufigkeitszunahme von angedrohten oder tatsächlich ausgeführten School Shootings weltweit...
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Prevention and Criminal Justice Reform
Jails, prisons, juvenile detention centers, and probation officers’ caseloads are increasingly populated by racial and ethnic minorities, youth with...
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Administration of Security and Safety in the Schools
Providing for the safety and security of the physical plant and the students and the staff of the schools in the United States has traditionally been...
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Assessing the effects of the Group Violence Intervention on firearm violence in Philadelphia
ObjectivesThis study assesses the effects of a Group Violence Intervention (GVI) implementation in Philadelphia on group member-involved (GMI)...
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Increased Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs or School-Based Services for Children with Disabilities? Associations of These Self-control-Boosting Strategies with Juvenile Violence at the State Level
The increasing rates at which psychotropic drugs have been prescribed to children and adolescents in the USA in the last three decades (since the...
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The effect of gunshot detection technology on evidence collection and case clearance in Kansas City, Missouri
ObjectivesThis study tests whether (1) shots fired calls for service in the gunshot detection technology (GDT) target area are more likely to be...
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Portrayals of gun violence victimization and public support for firearm policies: an experimental analysis
ObjectivesThis study examines how characteristics of victims and types of incidents described in a media account of gun violence affect public...
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Introduction
As the relative frequency of mass shootings has increased since the late 1990s in the United States, social scientists have given great attention to...
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Conclusion
This chapter overviews the results of empirical investigations produced throughout the book and delves into the implications of these findings for...
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The Criminal Selfie: Conveying Grievance While Recording and Live Streaming Antisocial Behavior
Despite attempts to regulate content, social media platforms continue to host images of antisocial behavior and crime. These images include dashboard...
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Crime Prevention and Response Role
The focus of this chapter is crime response, which occurs when police are mobilized or initiate responses to situations involving actual or potential...
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Vergleichende Diskussion und Perspektiven der Forschung
Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, dem Ursprung des Amokphänomens auf den Grund zu gehen, um einerseits einen Beitrag zum Verständnis des...
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Mass shootings and their asymmetric effect on societal armament
Mixed evidence has been found for a positive relationship between mass shootings and civilian armament. This study suggests that the causal effect of...
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Predicting Gun Violence in Stockholm, Sweden, Using Sociodemographics, Crime and Drug Market Locations
The well-being of neighbourhoods in terms of socioeconomic conditions constitutes an important element in analyses focused on the explanation of...
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Past and Present Trends in Gun Violence and Gangs and Their Implications in Belize: 2011–2020
Trending upwards since 2000, Belize consistently tops the list of countries with the highest homicide rates in the world. A report published by the...