COMING SOON – The Violence Project Book

By Jillian Peterson & James Densley

An examination of mass shootings in America and an urgent call to action to stop these tragedies using first-person accounts from perpetrators, survivors, and families.

Coming in 2021 from Abrams Books

Essays

• CNN – The usual approach to school security isn’t working
• CNN – How social media sends extremism into overdrive
• The Conversation – School shooters usually show these signs of distress long before they open fire
• The Conversation – Colorado shooting eerily recalls Columbine massacre
• The Conversation – University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting had these things in common with other campus shootings.  
• The Conversation – How Columbine became a blueprint for school shooters 
• The Conversation – U.S. gun violence: Too many people have died in 2020 – and COVID played a larger part than you think
• Education Week – What school shooters have in common
• Los Angeles Times – Why do people attack places of worship?  
• Los Angeles Times – There is no single profile of a mass shooter. Our data show there are five types 
• Los Angeles Times – We analyzed 53 years of mass shooting data. Attacks aren’t just increasing, they’re getting deadlier
• Los Angeles Times – We have studied every mass shooting since 1966. Here’s what we’ve learned about the shooters
• Minnesota Association of School Administrators – School Shootings: What Administrators Need to Know
• MinnPost – Police crisis intervention training: We need a new paradigm, not a new building
• MinnPost – Break the cycle: Five changes in Minnesota policing that can be enacted right now
• Pioneer Press – If they want to improve police in Minnesota, legislators need to know this
• Pioneer Press – For police training, do the research to figure out what works
• Star Tribune – Why the trend of posting gruesome acts online? 
• Star Tribune – Preventing mass school shootings?  Here’s a key first step
• Star Tribune – Mental illness and violence: Not so easy to connect the dots
• Star Tribune – Untangling the roots of school violence
• Star Tribune – Verdict in police shooting of Philando Castile: The fear defense should have us all afraid
• Star Tribune – Terrorism is a performance.  Stop watching
• USA Today – We can do more to prevent workplace shootings like Aurora, Illinois