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UrduThe incidence of school shootings more than quadrupled over the past 53 years, according to a new study analyzing data from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS). To curtail the trend and help prevent future school shootings, researchers offered five key steps to address the problem through a public health approach.
Tag: School Shootings
Mass shootings: Conservative, liberal #socialmedia users starting to agree — enough is enough, says @UNLV researcher
Schoolchildren huddled in Uvalde, Tex. classrooms as classmates and teachers are cut down by a rogue gunman. A peaceful weekend afternoon at a Buffalo, N.Y. grocery store interrupted by a white supremacist who sprays the aisles of elderly, predominantly African American weekend shoppers with an AR-15 style rifle. Only five months into the year, these attacks tallied as the 198th and 214th U.
The Medical Minute: Talking to your child about school shootings
How do you speak to your child about the unspeakable ― another shooting at a U.S. school? A Penn State Health Children’s Hospital psychiatrist offers six steps in this week’s Medical Minute.
Without action, WVU professor expects greater ‘slow burn’ effect of repeat mass shootings on feelings of safety among young people
A West Virginia University professor who has investigated behavior change as a critical component in mitigating gun violence in U.S. schools is warning about potential far-reaching, long-term impacts on kids if, what he sees as a “persistent public health crisis,” remains unaddressed.…
School shooters tend to go down a ‘fatal grievance pathway,’ WVU researcher says
Many mass killings are rooted in some sort of grievance — real or imagined unfair treatment — a West Virginia University expert said in the aftermath of the Texas elementary school shootings that left more than 20 dead. Jeff Daniels, a professor…
U-M experts available to discuss prevention, aftermath of school shooting in Texas
William Lopez is a clinical assistant professor of health behavior and health education. He can discuss issues of race as it relates to mass shootings. “We know from extensive research that the site of border patrol agents has visceral, psychological,…
Texas school shooting: Closer family/school connection could help identify troubling behavior
A closer connection between families and school districts could help identify troubling behavior in youths before crisis strikes, accordings to an expert in education at Binghamton University, State University of New York. 19 children and two adults are dead after…
Engineering research project studies active shooter situations in schools
Researchers at Iowa State University are creating a system that will provide students, teachers, police officers and others with accurate, real-time information in the event of an active shooter in a school.