The Violence Project how to stop a mass shooting epidemic / Jillian Peterson, PhD & James Densley, PhD.

Author/creator Peterson, Jillian
Other author Densley, James A. (James Andrew), 1982-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Abrams Press, 2021.
Description232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects

Contents Monsters -- America -- Trauma -- Crisis -- Relationships -- Proof -- Hate -- Opportunity -- Hope.
Abstract Using research data, including first-person accounts from the perpetrators themselves, a special investigator and psychologist and a sociologist, who built The Violence Project, a comprehensive database of mass shooters, share their solutions for putting an end to these tragedies that have defined the modern era.
Abstract Frustrated by reactionary policy conversations that never seemed to convert into meaningful action, Peterson and Densley built The Violence Project, the first comprehensive database of mass shooters. Their goal was to establish the root causes of mass shootings and figure out how to stop them by examining hundreds of data points in the life histories of more than 170 mass shooters-- from their childhood and adolescence to their mental health and motives. They have gained a comprehensive firsthand understanding of the real stories behind them, rather than the sensationalized media narratives that too often prevail. Here Peterson and Densley share their data-driven solutions for exactly what we must do, at the individual level, in our communities, and as a country, to put an end to these tragedies that have defined our modern era.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-221) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Awards noteMinnesota Book Award - General Nonfiction Winner, 2022
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021934851
ISBN9781419752957 (hardcover)
ISBN1419752952 (hardcover)
ISBN(ebook)

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