I often hear "The government has done no studies on school shootings in over 2 decades!!!" Why wait for the government? "The government has funded studies through various universities and colleges. But when "the government" funds studies, a number of people do not like the findings, or find fault with the authors of the studies based on real or perceived political biases.
Below are a few studies, articles, etc., in no particular order. I added them as I located them from my files. Be sure to check the dates on the studies; some are indeed older than 2 decades. That doesn't make them worthless; it is helpful to see that research has been done, added to, corrected over the years, and so on.
The link is under the title of each study; copy and paste the link into your browser. As I have time, I will make the hyperlinks clickable.
Six studies are listed below; I will add more over time.
LINK TO PART FIVE
Animal Abuse as a Warning Sign of School Massacres: A Critique and Refinement
https://www.academia.edu/25467836/Animal_Abuse_as_a_Warning_Sign_of_School_Massacres_A_Critique_and_Refinement
Glamorizing Rampage Online: School Shooting Fan Communities on YouTube
https://www.academia.edu/8526533/Glamorizing_Rampage_Online_School_Shooting_Fan_Communities_on_YouTube
Expecting the Worst: Active-Shooter Scenario Play in American Schools
https://www.academia.edu/38993209/Expecting_the_Worst_Active_Shooter_Scenario_Play_in_American_Schools
Super Columbine Massacre RPG!: The Procedural Rhetoric of Critical (Gun) Play
https://www.academia.edu/26322384/Super_Columbine_Massacre_RPG_The_Procedural_Rhetoric_of_Critical_Gun_Play
A Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Between 2000 and 2013
https://www.academia.edu/96724267/A_Study_of_Active_Shooter_Incidents_in_the_United_States_Between_2000_and_2013
Introduction to the Special Issue on School Safety: Increasing Understanding/Decreasing Misunderstandings in the Realm of School Safety
https://www.academia.edu/55041448/Introduction_to_the_Special_Issue_on_School_Safety_Increasing_Understanding_Decreasing_Misunderstandings_in_the_Realm_of_School_Safety
Suicide by mass murder: Masculinity, aggrieved entitlement, and rampage school shootings
https://www.academia.edu/3431765/Suicide_by_mass_murder_Masculinity_aggrieved_entitlement_and_rampage_school_shootings
Consequences of Violence for Communities
https://www.academia.edu/33948024/Consequences_of_Violence_for_Communities
Making Prevention a Reality: Identifying, Assessing, and Managing the Threat of Targeted Attacks — FBI
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/making-prevention-a-reality.pdf/view
Female Involvement in School Rampage Plots
https://www.academia.edu/36238648/Female_Involvement_in_School_Rampage_Plots
Etiology of School Shootings
https://www.academia.edu/3796402/Etiology_of_School_Shootings
Violence and Society
https://www.academia.edu/586613/Violence_and_Society
The bullying-school shooting nexus: Bridging master narratives of mass violence with personal narratives of social exclusion
https://www.academia.edu/35435583/The_bullying_school_shooting_nexus_Bridging_master_narratives_of_mass_violence_with_personal_narratives_of_social_exclusion
"It’s Better to Overreact": School Officials’ Fear and Perceived Risk of Rampage Attacks and the Criminalization of American Public Schools - Madfis 2016
https://www.academia.edu/15426911/_It_s_Better_to_Overreact_School_Officials_Fear_and_Perceived_Risk_of_Rampage_Attacks_and_the_Criminalization_of_American_Public_Schools_Madfis_2016
Parricides, School Shootings and Child Soldiers: Constructing criminological phenomena in the context of children who kill
https://www.academia.edu/34690680/Parricides_School_Shootings_and_Child_Soldiers_Constructing_criminological_phenomena_in_the_context_of_children_who_kill
An Examination of the Individual and Contextual Characteristics Associated with Active Shooter Events
https://www.academia.edu/12230361/An_Examination_of_the_Individual_and_Contextual_Characteristics_Associated_with_Active_Shooter_Events
Beyond First-Person Shooter Video Games: Using Computational Modeling and Simulation of Mass Violence for Threat Assessment and Management Journal of Threat Assessment and Management
https://www.academia.edu/42786059/Beyond_First_Person_Shooter_Video_Games_Using_Computational_Modeling_and_Simulation_of_Mass_Violence_for_Threat_Assessment_and_Management_Journal_of_Threat_Assessment_and_Management
‘The age of school shootings’: A sociological interpretation on masculinity
https://www.academia.edu/27017539/_The_age_of_school_shootings_A_sociological_interpretation_on_masculinity_La_era_de_las_masacres_en_las_escuelas_Una_interpretaci%C3%B3n_sociol%C3%B3gica_sobre_la_masculinidad
Media Coverage of Mass Killers: Content, Consequences, and Solutions
https://www.academia.edu/36222194/Media_Coverage_of_Mass_Killers_Content_Consequences_and_Solutions
Violent Conditioning: Teaching Children the Mechanics of Killing?
https://www.academia.edu/14751033/Violent_Conditioning_Teaching_Children_the_Mechanics_of_Killing
Exploring College Leaders' Critical Incident Experiences Pursuant to Improving Campus Safety Policies during the Mass-shooting Era
https://www.academia.edu/35543050/Exploring_College_Leaders_Critical_Incident_Experiences_Pursuant_to_Improving_Campus_Safety_Policies_during_the_Mass_shooting_Era
Don't Name Them, Don't Show Them, But Report Everything Else: A Pragmatic Proposal for Denying Mass Killers the Attention They Seek and Deterring Future Offenders
https://www.academia.edu/34493731/Dont_Name_Them_Dont_Show_Them_But_Report_Everything_Else_A_Pragmatic_Proposal_for_Denying_Mass_Killers_the_Attention_They_Seek_and_Deterring_Future_Offenders
"This can't happen here!" Community Reactions to School Shootings in Finland
https://www.academia.edu/1130440/_This_cant_happen_here_Community_Reactions_to_School_Shootings_in_Finland
The monsters next door: Media constructions of boys and masculinity
https://www.academia.edu/654432/The_monsters_next_door_Media_constructions_of_boys_and_masculinity
More studies will be posted as time allows. I do this on my own with no compensation.
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