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 Mass Shooter Database
Award Information
Awardee
              TRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Award #
              2018-75-CX-0023
Funding Category
              Competitive Discretionary
Location
                    SAINT PAUL, MN
Congressional District
              4
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2018
Total funding (to date)
              $300,403
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY18 Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2018, $300,403)
This project will examine individual-level psycho-social life history of mass shooters and community-level socio-ecological factors to understand the predictors and typologies of mass shootings and inform prevention strategies. Through a mixed-methods approach and framed around the socio-ecological theory of public policy, the authors will expand their ongoing collection of variables that will allow for rigorous and robust examination of individual and community level characteristics of over 150 public mass shootings that took place in the United States between 1966 and 2018.
Specifically, while looking into detailed mental health history, trauma, family history, interest in past shootings, situational triggers pertaining to mass shooters, and other psycho-social variables, the authors will also examine community-level socio-ecological factors of where mass shootings take place, including, but not limited to, measures of social inequality, community mobility, availability of mental health resources, and prevalence of guns in households. The qualitative part of the design will provide a more nuanced examination of the motivations of mass shooters by conducting an in-depth life history interviews with five mass shooters who are currently incarcerated.
Findings will provide an improved understanding of the motivations of mass shooting subjects and provide in- depth context for their actions. Findings will also produce information to better prevent mass shootings, with attention to K-12 schools, colleges and universities, a wide variety of public and private employers, places of worship, and organizers of large public events.
"Note: This project contains a research and/or development component, as defined in applicable law," and complies with Part 200 Uniform Requirements - 2 CFR  200.210(a)(14).
CA/NCF



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      How Mass Public Shooters Use Social Media: Exploring Themes and Future Directions
                  US Mass public shootings since Columbine: victims per incident by race and ethnicity of the perpetrator
                  Five Facts About Mass Shootings in K-12 Schools
                  Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings
                  Psychosis and mass shootings: A systematic examination using publicly available data
                  A Multi-Level, Multi-Method Investigation of the Psycho-Social Life Histories of Mass Shooters
                  Communication of Intent to Do Harm Preceding Mass Public Shootings in the United States, 1966 to 2019
                  Presence of Armed School Officials and Fatal and Nonfatal Gunshot Injuries During Mass School Shootings, United States, 1980-2019




  
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                      https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37658.v1




  
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