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Released: 5-Jan-2016 9:05 AM EST
Sociologist Available to Discuss Antigovernment Protest in Oregon
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association (ASA) has a sociologist available to discuss the situation in Oregon involving armed antigovernment protesters.

Released: 10-Dec-2015 11:05 AM EST
On Third Anniversary of Sandy Hook Shootings, Rutgers Professor Writes Book with the Teacher Who Saved a Classroom
Rutgers University

Rutgers University-Newark’s Robin Gaby Fisher has spent her career writing about tragedy and resilience

Released: 4-Dec-2015 1:05 PM EST
WashU Expert: 'Thoughts and Prayers' for San Bernardino Highlight Our Deep Differences
Washington University in St. Louis

Article Body 2010It's a response made all too often by politicians in the wake of a mass shooting or violent act of terrorism: Keeping all in "thoughts and prayers." This week, in the wake of the Dec. 2 shooting incident in San Bernardino, Calif., that sentiment seemed to reached a breaking point and shed light on the wide political and rhetorical chasm dividing the country, said an expert on law and religion at Washington University in St.

Released: 3-Dec-2015 9:00 AM EST
Penn Medicine Study is First to Map of Paths of Hundreds of Urban Males to Determine How to Minimize Their Violence Risk
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Gunshot violence is the leading cause of death among 10- to 24-year-old African American males and the second leading cause of death among 10- to 24-year-olds males overall in the United States. A new Penn Medicine study is the first to outline the details of how an individual’s location and activities influence that risk.

Released: 3-Dec-2015 8:05 AM EST
Sociologists Available to Discuss Mass Shootings and Gun Culture
American Sociological Association (ASA)

In the wake of yesterday’s tragic event in San Bernardino, California, the American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss mass shootings and gun culture.

Released: 18-Nov-2015 4:05 PM EST
Gunshot Survivors in High-Crime Community Face Elevated Risk of Early Death, Study Shows
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

One in 20 survivors of gunshot violence in an urban area with high crime died within five years, mainly by homicide, according to the results of a study that tracked patients after they had been discharged from the hospital that treated them.

Released: 18-Nov-2015 9:05 AM EST
MTSU Poll: Voters Value Gun Rights but Want Stricter Sales Rules
Middle Tennessee State University

Although strongly protective of gun rights in general, most Tennessee voters favor requiring background checks for gun sales among private individuals and at gun shows and support laws to prevent the mentally ill from buying guns, according to the latest MTSU Poll.

Released: 10-Nov-2015 1:50 PM EST
Virginia Tech Shooting Has Lessons for Strengthening College Mental Health Services
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

As the nation reels from another mass shooting on a college campus, analysis of the 2007 attack at Virginia Tech University highlights the need for "comprehensive and coordinated mental health services on college campuses, according to a paper in the November/December issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 21-Oct-2015 8:40 AM EDT
Inspired by a Widow’s Anguish, Technology Seeks to Protect Cops and Schools
COPsync

After Cynthia Vetter’s husband—a highway patrol officer—was fatally shot in Texas during a routine traffic stop in 2000, the tragedy inspired the creation of Dallas-based COPsync, Inc. The company has created the COPsync Network, with applications that enable law enforcement patrol officers to communicate in real-time on the Network; and COPsync911, which is activated by school staff when a threatening situation arises, and allows the staff to send an immediate and silent alert to all other staff, the local law enforcement dispatch center and the closest law enforcement officers in their patrol cars.

15-Oct-2015 9:10 AM EDT
Many Parents Unaware of Plans for Emergencies at Preschools and Child Care Centers
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

If your child’s preschool or child care were affected by a tornado, fire or violent situation, would you know the center’s emergency plan to keep the children as safe as possible?

Released: 8-Oct-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Survivor’s Guilt Often a Byproduct of Those Who Live Through Tragic Events
University of Alabama at Birmingham

UAB clinical psychologist says those who survived the Oregon mass shootings or other difficult events should engage with a team of mental health professionals.

Released: 1-Sep-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Suicide-by-Firearm Rates Shift in Two States After Changes in State Gun Laws
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new study examining changes in gun policy in two states finds that handgun purchaser licensing requirements influence suicide rates. Researchers estimate that Connecticut’s 1995 law requiring individuals to obtain a permit or license to purchase a handgun after passing a background check was associated with a 15.4 percent reduction in firearm suicide rates, while Missouri’s repeal of its handgun purchaser licensing law in 2007 was associated with a 16.1 percent increase in firearm suicide rates.

Released: 24-Aug-2015 11:05 AM EDT
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18-Aug-2015 9:05 AM EDT
U.S. Has 5% of World’s Population, But Had 31% of its Public Mass Shooters From 1966-2012
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Despite having only about 5 percent of the world’s population, the United States was the attack site for a disproportionate 31 percent of public mass shooters globally from 1966-2012, according to new research.

10-Aug-2015 8:30 AM EDT
Police More Likely to Be Killed on Duty in States with High Gun Ownership
University of Illinois Chicago

Across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, homicides of police officers are linked to the statewide level of gun ownership, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study found that police officers serving in states with high private gun ownership are more than three times more likely to be killed on the job than those on the job in states with the lowest gun ownership.

   
Released: 13-Aug-2015 3:20 PM EDT
APA Review Confirms Link Between Playing Violent Video Games and Aggression
American Psychological Association (APA)

Violent video game play is linked to increased aggression in players but insufficient evidence exists about whether the link extends to criminal violence or delinquency, according to a new American Psychological Association task force report.

30-Jul-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Progress Has Been Made in Reducing Rates of Violence in U.S.; Overall Numbers Remain High
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Even though homicide and assault rates have decreased in the U.S. in recent years, the number of these and other types of violent acts remains high, according to a report in the August 4 issue of JAMA, a violence/human rights theme issue. The authors write that multiple strategies exist to improve interpersonal violence prevention efforts, and health care providers are an important part of this solution.

30-Jul-2015 3:05 PM EDT
Emergency Department Intervention Does Not Reduce Heavy Drinking or Partner Violence
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

A brief motivational intervention delivered during an emergency department visit did not improve outcomes for women with heavy drinking involved in abusive relationships, according to a study in the August 4 issue of JAMA, a violence/human rights theme issue.

30-Jul-2015 4:05 PM EDT
Intervention to Screen Women for Partner Violence Does Not Improve Health Outcomes
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Screening women for partner violence and providing a resource list did not influence the number of hospitalizations, emergency department, or outpatient care visits compared with women only receiving a resource list or receiving no intervention over 3 years, according to a study in the August 4 issue of JAMA, a violence/human rights theme issue.

21-Jul-2015 12:05 AM EDT
Do Sex and Violence Sell? Maybe Not, Says New Study
American Psychological Association (APA)

Advertisers hoping to sway consumers might want to rethink running spots within media with violent or sexual themes, and might do better if the ads themselves have a G-rating, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association. Instead, violent and sexual media content may impair advertising’s effectiveness and ultimately deter purchasing, the research found.

6-Jul-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Remediating Abandoned, Inner City Buildings Reduces Crime and Violence in Surrounding Areas
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Fixing up abandoned buildings in the inner city doesn’t just eliminate eyesores, it can also significantly reduce crime and violence, including gun assaults, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine report in the first study to demonstrate the direct impact of building remediation efforts on crime.

Released: 23-Jun-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Patient-Initiated Workplace Violence Affects Counselors, Treatment and Outcomes
Georgia State University

More than four out of five counselors who treat patients for substance abuse have experienced some form of patient-initiated workplace violence according to the first national study to examine the issue, led by Georgia State University Professor Brian E. Bride.

Released: 10-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
1 in 4 School Children Exposed to Violence from Weapons, Study Finds
Dick Jones Communications

The study, recently featured in the American Academy of Pediatrics Journal, reports one in four U.S. school children between the ages of 6-17 have been exposed to violence involving a weapon in their lifetime as either a victim or a witness. Those weapons included guns, knives, rocks and sticks.

Released: 10-Jun-2015 7:50 AM EDT
Expert: New Technology Could Protect Schools from Liability After Violence
COPsync

Expert can discuss school safety and how a new technology, the COPsync911 threat notification system, that connects a school or other facility under threat directly to the closest patrol officers and local dispatch during an episode of violence—ensuring law enforcement is on the scene faster than 911—and potentially mitigating the liability faced by schools in states like Colorado, which have passed legislation to allow lawsuits against schools when shootings or other violence occurs.



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