Research Articles

Mass Shootings and School Shootings:

Epidemiology of mass shootings (Read Here)Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

An exploration of K-12 school shooting threats in the United States (Read Here) Journal of Threat Assessment and Management

How public mass shooters use social media: Exploring themes and future directions (Read Here) Social Media and Society

US mass public shootings since Columbine: Victims per incident by race and ethnicity of the perpetrator (Read Here) – Preventative Medicine

Psychosis and mass shootings: A systematic examination using publicly available data (Read Here) Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Communication of intent to do harm preceding public mass shootings in the United States, 1966-2019 (Read Here) JAMA Network Open

Training students to respond to shootings on campus: Is it worth it? (Read Here) Journal of Threat Assessment and Management

Presence of armed school officials and fatal and nonfatal gunshot injuries during mass school shootings, 1980-2019 (Read Here) JAMA Network Open

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Gun Violence Exposure:

Mental health consequences of gun violence: Exposure to mass and non-mass shootings in a national sample of American adults (Read Here) Nature Mental Health

Exposure to mass shootings among a nationally represented sample of American adults (Read Here) JAMA Open

Factors associated with secure firearm storage among U.S. gun owners (Read Here) American Journal of Preventative Medicine


Crisis and Suicidality:

Exploring the overlap: Suicidal thoughts and homicidal acts among incarcerated offenders (Read Here) Deviant Behavior

Evaluation of “The R-Model” crisis intervention de-escalation training for law enforcement (Read Here) The Police Journal

Is Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training evidence-based practice? A systematic review (Read Here) Journal of Crime and Justice

Developing an understanding of victims and violent offenders: The impact of fostering empathy (Read Here) Journal of Interpersonal Violence

If you want to know, consider asking: How likely is it that a patient will hurt themselves in the future? (Read Here) Psychological Assessment


Homicide and Violence:

Murder in a time of crisis: A qualitative exploration of the 2020 homicide spike through offender interviews (Read Here) Journal of Crime and Justice

Cyber violence: What do we know and where do we go from here? (Read Here) Aggression and Violent Behavior

Group aggression (Read Here) Current Opinion in Psychology


Mental Illness and Crime:

Psychosis uncommonly and inconsistently precedes violence among high-risk individuals (Read Here) Clinical Psychological Science

Understanding offenders with serious mental illness in the criminal justice system (Read Here) Hamline Mitchell Law Review

How often and how consistently is criminal behavior preceded by symptoms for offenders with mental illness? (Read Here) Law and Human Behavior

Supervision practices in specialty mental health probation: What happens in officer-probationer meetings? (Read Here) Law and Human Behavior

Comparing the offense patterns of offenders with and without mental disorder: Exploring the criminalization hypothesis (Read Here) Psychiatric Services