Kids most likely to wind up in the ER due to violence often have common early childhood experiences. Can schools use this information to prevent future injuries?
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Independents’ political views and policy preferences reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day. Democrats and Republicans have different sources for their views.
The US homicide rate is far above the rate of other nations.
Research has shown that anti-gun violence programs have more success when they address root causes such as generational poverty, easy access to guns and a lack of affordable housing.
James and Jennifer Crumbley purchased a handgun for their son as a Christmas present. Ethan Crumbley used that gun to kill 4 of his high school classmates.
Fatalities from gun homicides, suicides and accidents are all up for Americans ages 18 and under.
A high school honors student, Ralph Yarl rang the wrong doorbell. Claiming fear for his life, the 84-year-old white male homeowner shot him.
In this course, a gun range becomes a classroom for students to explore their previously held beliefs about firearms.
Chronic stress from living with systemic racism and gun violence can lead to increased symptoms of PTSD and depression as well as elevated cortisol levels.
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.
A gunman at Michigan State University shot dead three people before taking his own life. Two criminologists explain how the incident fits a pattern of campus attacks.
Some Americans hoped the Parkland shooting in 2018 would herald a turning point for gun violence in schools. Shootings, and deaths, have continued – and gotten more frequent.
Once seen as the Chinese Beverly Hills, Monterey Park is now seen as Asian America’s ‘town square’ – the impact of a mass shooting there will ripple across the country.
Even people who are only indirectly exposed to these repeat tragedies, such as first responders and those affected by media coverage, can experience profound and long-lasting grief.
Watching gun violence on screen can desensitize children to the harm caused by firearms.
Extremely young school shooters are not believed to be capable of forming criminal intent.
Research shows that removing guns from violent abusers saves lives. But laws doing just that are at risk of being ruled unconstitutional, following a landmark Supreme Court guns case.
At least six people have been killed in an attack at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. It happened amid a surge of mass shootings in the US.
The death of popular rapper Takeoff underscores a uniquely American problem – gun violence.
What deep-dive polls reveal at the political landscape of America as the 2022 midterm election approaches.
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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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Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Professor of Public Health, 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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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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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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Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
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Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director, Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Davis
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C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford University
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Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, New York University
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Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the Political Science Department, State University of New York Cortland
