Tag: School shootings
School shooters: What can law enforcement do to stop them?
James Jacobs, New York University
Could police have stopped Nikolas Cruz before he walked into Parkland High School and massacred 17 students and teachers with...
The hidden threat of teacher stress
Brandis M. Ansley, Georgia State University; Joel Meyers, Georgia State University; Kate McPhee, Georgia State University, and Kris Varjas, Georgia State University
When a traumatic...
Mental illness and gun laws: What you may not know about...
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
Every time the country is shaken by a tragic mass shooting and the loss of innocent lives, the same debates...
Why Trump’s idea to arm teachers may miss the mark
Aimee Huff, Oregon State University and Michelle Barnhart, Oregon State University
President Donald Trump’s proposal to arm teachers has sparked substantial public debate.
As researchers of...
The NRA’s journey from marksmanship to political brinkmanship
Robert Spitzer, State University of New York College at Cortland
The mass shooting on Valentine’s Day in Parkland, Florida, ripped at the hearts...
Why is there so little research on guns in the US?...
Lacey Wallace, Pennsylvania State University
On Valentine’s Day, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He killed 17...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
