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The Contagion of Mass Shootings: The Interdependence of Large-Scale Massacres and Mass Media Coverage

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Creation of School Shooting Open-Source Database Fuels Understanding

Forecasting the Severity of Mass Public Shootings in the United States (Mar.10)

Journal

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of a Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings with Firearms, Generating Psychosocial Histories

Scalable Multiphone Targeted Data Extraction System

15PNIJ-21-GG-04155-RESS

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$600,984

Domestic Violence and Mass Shootings: A Review of Current Academic Literature

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Community-Level Social Processes and Firearm Shooting Events: A Multilevel Analysis

Journal

Journal of Urban Health

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Identifying high-risk firearm owners to prevent mass violence

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ-Funded Research on Mass Shootings to Advance Evidence-based Policy and Practice

Event Dates

November 30, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

A Multi-Level, Multi-Method Investigation of the Psycho-Social Life Histories of Mass Shooters

Date Published

January 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Newsworthiness of Mass Public Shootings: What Factors Impact the Extent of Coverage?

Journal

Homicide Studies

Date Published

August 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2

November 2020

In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.

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Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 1

November 2020

In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.

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What Do the Data Reveal About Violence in Schools?

Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2

Event Dates

November 18, 2020, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 1

Event Dates

November 17, 2020, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Shared Struggles? Cumulative Strain Theory and Public Mass Murders From 1990 to 2014

Journal

Homicide Studies

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Shooting Alone: The Pre-Attack Experiences and Behaviors of US Solo Mass Murderers

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Advancing Mass Shootings Research To Inform Practice

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

April 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Literature Review, Issue Overview

Advancing Mass Shooting Research To Inform Practice

Date Published

April 6, 2020

NIJ’s findings point to the adoption of uniform definitions and comprehensive databases as logical next steps for improving research and practice to prevent mass shootings.

Identifying Individuals through Proteomic Analysis: A New Forensic Tool to Rapidly and Efficiently Identify Large Numbers of Fragmentary Human Remains

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation of Firearms Violence, Fiscal Year 2020

Closing Date

April 13, 2020

Rare Incidents Data Collection Methods to Advance Research on Mass Violence

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The Importance of Mass Violence Research 

I am David Muhlhausen, the Director of the National Institute of Justice. As...