What makes someone more likely to support rehabilitative efforts for a person who has attempted a mass shooting?
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Two editions of Five Studies About are published each week: Five Studies About (free) and Five Studies About+ (paid, more in-depth). Each is a tip sheet where I curate recent crime and justice studies related to one topic. Today’s topic is mass murder.
These new crime studies related to mass murder were recently published by journals I monitor.
1. Punishment, Rehabilitation, or Both: Assessing Public Support for Balanced Justice for Attempted Mass Shooters [Crime & Delinquency]
2. Hidden Wounds: Exploring Racial and Gender Disparities in the Impact of Mass Shooting Events on Suicide Risk Among U.S. High School Students [Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
3. Early Intervention Against Male Supremacist Influences Among College Students: “It's Really Not a Program That Exists” [Violence Against Women]
4. Public Mass Shooters Who Target Specific Women: An Empirical Analysis of Target–Offender Relationships, Timing, and Key Characteristics [Violence Against Women]
5. Standing Together: An Investigation of the Social Support Deterioration Deterrence Model 1 Year After the Club Q Shooting [Journal of Interpersonal Violence]
I might cover some of these studies further in The Practice of Understanding Crime, my newsletter where I report on criminology and criminal justice research. If any sound interesting or important, let me know in the comments.
Five Studies About and Crime Research Update are the output of my research discovery system.