mass shootings

Women pay theirs respects at a memorial in honor of the victims of the shootings in Atlanta, where eight people were killed the week before, during a candle vigil in Monterrey Park, Calif., late Saturday, March 27, 2021. The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come on the heels of a recent wave of attacks against Asian Americans since the coronavirus entered the United States. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

‘There’s no epidemic of mass shootings. There is an epidemic of fear.’

Are mass shootings involving four or more fatalities on the rise in America? “There’s no epidemic of mass shootings in my mind,” says James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University and an international expert on mass murder. “Really there is an epidemic of fear.”

by Tanner Stening - contributor June 30, 2021

Is the new Texas gun law based on a misconception about mass shootings?

A desire for self-defense during mass shootings is often cited as a reason for loosening restrictions on people carrying handguns. But James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern, says that mass shootings account for fewer than 2 percent of firearm-related casualties in the United States.

by Ian Thomsen May 27, 2021

Can gun violence be traced back to its root causes?

Daniel Kim, an associate professor of health sciences at Northeastern, provides new insights into the social and economic factors that could be driving the current gun violence epidemic in the U.S.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa January 6, 2020

In the aftermath of recent mass shootings in New Zealand, Texas, and Ohio, people of different faiths and beliefs banded together to help the victims and their families. “There’s really wonderful and inspiring reactions to that violence and hate coming from different religious communities,” says Liz Bucar, a professor of philosophy and religion at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

How should we respond to hate?

Following the recent mass shootings in New Zealand, Texas, and Ohio, people of different faiths and beliefs banded together to help the victims and their families.

by Khalida Sarwari September 16, 2019

‘There’s no epidemic of mass shootings. There is an epidemic of fear.’

Is the new Texas gun law based on a misconception about mass shootings?

Can gun violence be traced back to its root causes?

How should we respond to hate?

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