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Policy Solutions to Address Mass Shootings

NCJ Number

304951

Date Published

August 2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

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The Relation Between State Gun Laws and the Incidence and Severity of Mass Public Shootings in the United States, 1976-2018

NCJ Number

304931

Journal

Law and Human Behavior

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Associations between News Media Coverage of the 11 September Attacks and Depression in Employees of New York City Area Businesses

NCJ Number

304800

Journal

Behavioral Sciences

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Understanding lone wolf terrorism: Global patterns, motivations and prevention

NCJ Number

304430

Date Published

2012

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Similar crimes, similar behaviors? Comparing lone-actor terrorists and public mass murderers

NCJ Number

304377

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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The Contagion of Mass Shootings: The Interdependence of Large-Scale Massacres and Mass Media Coverage

NCJ Number

304364

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Parent-Reported Child Reactions to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Attacks (New York USA) in Relation to Parent Post-Disaster Psychopathology Three Years After the Event

NCJ Number

253992

Journal

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Forecasting the Severity of Mass Public Shootings in the United States (Mar.10)

NCJ Number

304156

Journal

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings

NCJ Number

304068

Date Published

February 2022

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NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Domestic Violence and Mass Shootings: A Review of Current Academic Literature

NCJ Number

303499

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Why Radicalization Fails: Barriers to Mass Casualty Terrorism

NCJ Number

303145

Journal

Terrorism and Political Violence

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Domestic Terrorism: Using Psychosocial, Trauma-Related, and Life History Variables to Inform Intervention and Prevention

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Funding First Awarded

2021

$592,637

Identifying high-risk firearm owners to prevent mass violence

NCJ Number

302600

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Using Big Data to Study the Impact of Mass Violence: Opportunities for the Traumatic Stress Field

NCJ Number

302529

Journal

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Funded Research on Mass Shootings to Advance Evidence-based Policy and Practice

Event Dates

November 30, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Rapid DNA's Role in Disaster Victim Identification

Event Dates

May 2, 2019

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Proactive Planning for Active Shooter Situations

NCJ Number

242205

Date Published

April 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

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

NCJ Number

252216

Journal

Homicide Studies

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Understanding Domestic Radicalization and Terrorism

Advancing Mass Shootings Research To Inform Practice

NCJ Number

254469

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

April 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Literature Review, Issue Overview

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Advancing Mass Shooting Research To Inform Practice

Date Published

April 6, 2020

NIJ’s findings point to the adoption of uniform definitions and comprehensive databases as logical next steps for improving research and practice to prevent mass shootings.

Identifying Individuals through Proteomic Analysis: A New Forensic Tool to Rapidly and Efficiently Identify Large Numbers of Fragmentary Human Remains

NCJ Number

254583

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

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Notes From the Field: The Importance of Community Policing in Preventing Terrorism

NCJ Number

254553

Date Published

March 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

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The Importance of Community Policing in Preventing Terrorism

Date Published

March 3, 2020

Rare Incidents Data Collection Methods to Advance Research on Mass Violence

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The Importance of Mass Violence Research 

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