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Machine Learning and the Prevention of Mass Shooting in the United States

Date Published

September 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Domestic Terrorists' Contact with System Stakeholders Before Attacks

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Mass Shooter Leakage and Threats: A Multifaceted Assessment of Motives, Timing, Digital Behavior, and Opportunities for Attack Prevention

15PNIJ-24-GG-02405-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$523,900

Intent vs Impact: A Qualitative Investigation of Domestic Violence and Extreme Risk Protective Order Gun Prohibitions in Two States

Journal

Journal of Family Violence

Date Published

August 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluating Technology-Based Services for Victims of Crime

Date Published

August 19, 2024

Three NIJ-funded evaluations enhance our understanding about the effectiveness of technology-based services for victims who experience crime and violence.

NIJ Journal No. 282 — Violent Crime

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work

Lessons Learned on the Methodological Challenges in Studying Rare Violent Incidents

Date Published

May 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Reference Material

Lessons Learned on the Methodological Challenges in Studying Rare Violent Incidents

Comparing Violent Extremism and Terrorism to Other Forms of Targeted Violence

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

Journal

Homicide Studies

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Mitigating the Harm of Public Mass Shooting Incidents through Situational Crime Prevention

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Obstacles and facilitators to intimate bystanders reporting violent extremism or targeted violence

Journal

Critical Studies on Terrorism

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Media Coverage of School Shootings: A Distortion Analysis of Incident and Perpetrator Characteristics

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

Date Published

November 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Sentinel event reviews: Applications in criminal justice settings

Journal

Journal of Crime & Justice

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Bystander Reporting to Prevent Violent Extremism and Targeted Violence; Learning from Practitioners

Journal

Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Estimating the Global Prevalence of Mass Public Shootings

Journal

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Five Things About Protecting Against Mass Attacks

Date Published

October 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Instructional Material, Factsheet

A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Impacts and Implementation of Florida's Risk Protection Order (RPO) Law, 2018-2023

15PNIJ-23-GG-02406-BSCI

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$700,224

Extreme Risk Protection Orders, Leakage, and Social Networks: The Legislative, Behavioral, and Social Contexts Surrounding Mass Public Shooting Incidents and Plots

15PNIJ-23-GG-02408-BSCI

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$985,776

Psychosis and mass shootings: A systematic examination using publicly available data

Journal

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Meeting the Ongoing, Urgent, Unmet Needs of Uvalde Residents After the Robb Elementary School Shooting

15PNIJ-23-GG-04105-AERX

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$1,000,000

Communication of Intent to Do Harm Preceding Mass Public Shootings in the United States, 1966 to 2019

Journal

JAMA Network Open

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Averting Tragedy: An Exploration of Thwarted Mass Public Shootings Relative to Completed Attacks

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

July 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Mass Attacks Defense Toolkit: Preventing Mass Attacks, Saving Lives

Date Published

March 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Reference Material, Guideline

Five Facts About Mass Shootings in K-12 Schools

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Factsheet