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An examination of the phenomenon of mass shootings in America and
an urgent call to implement evidence-based strategies to stop these
tragedies Using data from the writers' groundbreaking research on
mass shooters, including first-person accounts from the
perpetrators themselves, The Violence Project charts new pathways
to prevention and innovative ways to stop the social contagion of
violence. Frustrated by reactionary policy conversations that never
seemed to convert into meaningful action, special investigator and
psychologist Jill Peterson and sociologist James Densley built The
Violence Project, the first comprehensive database of mass
shooters. Their goal was to establish the root causes of mass
shootings and figure out how to stop them by examining hundreds of
data points in the life histories of more than 170 mass
shooters-from their childhood and adolescence to their mental
health and motives. They've also interviewed the living
perpetrators of mass shootings and people who knew them, shooting
survivors, victims' families, first responders, and leading experts
to gain a comprehensive firsthand understanding of the real stories
behind them, rather than the sensationalized media narratives that
too often prevail. For the first time, instead of offering thoughts
and prayers for the victims of these crimes, Peterson and Densley
share their data-driven solutions for exactly what we must do, at
the individual level, in our communities, and as a country, to put
an end to these tragedies that have defined our modern era.
An examination of the phenomenon of mass shootings in America and
an urgent call to implement evidence-based strategies to stop these
tragedies-now in paperback Using data from the writers'
groundbreaking research on mass shooters, including first-person
accounts from the perpetrators themselves, The Violence Project
charts new pathways to prevention and innovative ways to stop the
social contagion of violence. Frustrated by reactionary policy
conversations that never seemed to convert into meaningful action,
special investigator and psychologist Jill Peterson and sociologist
James Densley built The Violence Project, the first comprehensive
database of mass shooters. Their goal was to establish the root
causes of mass shootings and figure out how to stop them by
examining hundreds of data points in the life histories of more
than 170 mass shooters-from their childhood and adolescence to
their mental health and motives. They've also interviewed the
living perpetrators of mass shootings and people who knew them,
shooting survivors, victims' families, first responders, and
leading experts to gain a comprehensive firsthand understanding of
the real stories behind them, rather than the sensationalized media
narratives that too often prevail. For the first time, instead of
offering thoughts and prayers for the victims of these crimes,
Peterson and Densley share their data-driven solutions for exactly
what we must do, at the individual level, in our communities, and
as a country, to put an end to these tragedies that have defined
our modern era.
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