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.
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President Biden outlined his achievements in key policy areas and sketched out his plans for the rest of his term in office.
Mass shooters over the age of 60 are rare, but often differ from younger gunmen in motives and actions prior to their attack.
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.
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 suspect is facing five counts of bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, in addition to murder charges. But in Australia, the victims and their families would have no such recourse.
Colorado is one of 19 states that have laws in place to prevent individuals believed to pose a threat from obtaining guns. But a preventive order needs to be petitioned before it can be issued.
Two states had guns directly on the ballot in midterm election initiatives. Voters moved state laws in opposite directions.
On Oct. 24, while a teenage gunman was pleading guilty for a deadly school incident in Michigan, another school shooting was taking place in St. Louis.
Recent news reports highlight rising rates of gun crime in two-thirds of England and Wales’s police jurisdictions.
Shinzo Abe’s murder is the latest political attack in Japan, a country which has strict gun laws.
The share price of gun-makers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger both jumped after the Uvalde massacre. In the past, gun-makers were punished after a shooting, but things have changed.
Research shows that school shootings can lead to years of health, educational and economic detriment for students who survive the attack.
Gun ownership is not the only factor that needs considering to tackle gun crime, an expert says.
A suspect apparently motivated by a white supremacist agenda shot dead 10 shoppers. Analysis shows that mass shootings – and those at grocery stores – are on the rise.
A scholar of untraceable firearms explains what they are and why President Joe Biden’s administration is seeking to restrict their manufacture and use.
Stricter gun control laws may make mass shootings slightly less common, but other policies may work better to prevent mass shooting deaths.
A scholar of gender and religion who grew up Southern Baptist explains how literal teachings on the Bible inform members’ views on women.
Amid the angst over a surge in gun sales in both the United States and Canada during the pandemic, few have noted the three key differences between the two countries.
Not all mass shooters are white supremacists, but they are nearly all men.
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Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton
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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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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Director, Center for Medicine, Health, and Society; Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University
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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 Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Global Studies, Social Science & Planning, RMIT University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in the Dept of History & the American and Canadian Studies Research Centre, University of Birmingham
