How to prevent school shootings In the aftermath of the tragic massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.., President Obama has called for a national conversation regarding the prevention of future attacks on America’s children. Thus far, the possibility of eliminating semi-automatic weapons has taken center stage. Yet there are other possibilities — perhaps vastly more effective than any […]
Capital Gazette Here’s what Maryland schools are doing to help prevent shootings, other threats this year Mass school shootings are still rare, according to research by James Alan Fox of Northeastern University: Since 1996, there have been 16 multiple-victim shootings in schools, or incidents involving four or more victims and at least two deaths, excluding the assailant. — and more kids die each year in bicycle accidents.
WCVB TV ‘This is not an epidemic’ Northeastern researchers say about school shootings Researchers at a university in Boston have concluded that calls for gun reform percolating after the deadly school shooting in Florida are “unlikely” to prevent future school shootings. In fact, the researchers assert that school shootings are “not more common than they used to be,” according to a summary of the work published by Northeastern […]
School rampage shootings: How to reduce the carnage In the aftermath of the massacre on the campus of Umpqua Community College, Americans are again debating the effectiveness of crime-fighting measures such as improved background checks and gun control laws. In reality, for the sake of reducing mass shootings, background checks will hardly make a difference. Some school rampage shooters secure guns from their […]
The Christian Science Monitor Why do kids kill? School murders in Sparks, Danvers revive questions “Nearly 20 years ago, we had half a dozen multiple-victim school shootings by students in America … and the same questions were being asked then: What’s the matter with kids today?” says James Alan Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University in Boston. “Nothing’s different about kids,” he says, though 50 years ago, bullied kids […]
The Christian Science Monitor Quick action helped UCF avert gun massacre. But it was close. While incidents like the one at UCF – particularly in the context of other recent shootings – can lead to talk of an epidemic, it’s also important to keep the threat level in perspective, says Jack Levin, a criminology professor at Northeastern University who has done research on mass killers. “The college campus is still the safest […]