100. What We Know About School Shooters

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This week, the doctors celebrate their 100th full episode with a doozy of a topic, but an important one. They will give you a historical overview of school shooting in the US, touching on significant events that have formed the evolution of what we experience today. They also cover the wonderful work of The Violence Project and break down what we know about mass shooters and school shooters and, most importantly, where prevention and intervention should be focused.

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  • Follman, Mark. “Here’s the Disturbing Evidence on How the Media Inspires Mass Shooters.” Mother Jones, 6 Oct. 2015, www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/media-inspires-mass-shooters-copycats/. Accessed 21 June 2022.

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  • Follman, Mark and 2022 3:05 Am Pt. “Op-Ed: Mass Shooters Aren’t Mentally Ill People Who Suddenly Snap. They Decide to Kill.” Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2022, www-latimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-05-21/blaming-mental-health-mass-shootings-buffalo?_amp=true. Accessed 21 June 2022.

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  • Strauss, Valerie. “School Shootings Didn’t Start in 1999 at Columbine. Here’s Why That Disaster Became a Blueprint for Other Killers and Created the “Columbine Generation.”” The Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/04/18/school-shootings-didnt-start-columbine-heres-why-that-disaster-became-blueprint-other-killers-created-columbine-generation/. Accessed 2 June 2022.

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  • VIOLENCE PROJECT : How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic. S.L., Harry N Abrams, 2022.

  • Warner, Melanie. “Two Professors Found What Creates a Mass Shooter. Will Politicians Pay Attention?” POLITICO, 7 June 2022, www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/27/stopping-mass-shooters-q-a-00035762?utm_source=pocket-newtab. Accessed 7 June 2022.

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