Studying School Shootings: Challenges and Considerations for Research

Elsass, H. Jaymi; Schildkraut, Jaclyn; Stafford, Mark C.

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“…The present study captured a very early snapshot of students’ reactions to an on-campus shooting that became the intense focus of a university community. Data collection began 72 hr after the shooting and adds to the literature on reactions to interpersonal violence by providing valuable information about the earliest reactions to such experiences (Elsass et al, 2016). Our results suggest that in the early days after a shooting that affected a campus community, grief was an important affective reaction.…”

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“…Given the difficulties of conducting research in the immediate aftermath of violent events, including gaining ethics approval, among other challenges, few studies have been able to assess very early reactions to campus shootings at all (Elsass, Schildkraut, & Stafford, 2016; Lowe & Galea, 2017; Silver, 2004; Spence & Lachlan, 2010). But it is important to do so, because there is evidence that individuals’ memories of symptoms fade over time after a violence-related event (North, Smith, & Spitznagel, 1997).…”

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Grief and Solidarity Reactions 1 Week After an On-Campus Shooting

Wayment

Silver

2018

J Interpers Violence

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The impact of interpersonal violence extends beyond the victims and perpetrator(s). The purpose of this research was threefold: (a) to identify whether college students' very early reactions to an on-campus shooting were associated with well-known predictors of distress, (b) to examine whether grief and distress reactions were distinguishable in the early days following a shooting, and (c) to investigate whether a compassionate self-identity was uniquely associated with grief but not distress. Beginning just 3 days after an early morning shooting that killed one student and injured three others, university students ( N = 408) completed an online questionnaire. Grief, but not distress, was associated with a sense of solidarity with other students and a compassionate self-identity. General distress was associated with prior mental health difficulties and exposure to the shooting. Acute stress was positively associated with being female, having prior mental health difficulties, media exposure, perceived similarity to victims, less victim blame, social support, and social strain. Results suggest that grief reactions that arise in the early days following a collective loss may serve as important psychosocial resources in coping with interpersonal violence.

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Grief and Solidarity Reactions 1 Week After an On-Campus Shooting

Wayment

Silver

2018

J Interpers Violence

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“…There seems to be a limited and scattered international literature on contemporary mass shootings in advanced industrialised states and related topics, mostly focused on the USA and indeed on US School mass shootings. Jaymi et al (2016) review methodological issues in studying rare events such as mass shootings. Joslyn and Haider-Markel (2013) at articlelength, the American Behavioral Scientist (2018) in a special issue, and Kellner (2008) and Schildkraut and Jaymi (2016) and Schildkraut and Muschert (2019) at book length discuss the full range involved with shooting from the shooter's background, through victim reactions and media representation through longer-term effects.…”

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The Contexts of the Christchurch terror attacks: social science perspectives

Crothers

O’Brien

2020

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online

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“…Scholars have not developed any clear theoretical perspective for studying school shootings. Attempts have been made to suggest possible frameworks such as cumulative strain (Levin & Madfis, 2009), routine activities theory (Elsass, Schildkraut, & Stafford, 2015), and fear of crime (e.g., Addington, 2003;Brener, Simon, Anderson, Barrios, & Small, 2002). Possibilities also include leveraging the interdisciplinary body of research on school shootings to develop a theoretical framework.…”

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Introduction to Special Issue: The Legacy of Columbine—Implications for Policy After 20 Years

Addington

Muschert

2019

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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This introduction provides an overview to the special issue, which marks the twentieth anniversary of the shootings at Columbine High School by considering the effect on policy addressing school violence and mass shootings. We asked each of the contributors to consider changes in their area of interest over the past two decades as well as future research and policy issues. The resulting five contributions take various forms: three are traditional scholarly articles, one is a personal commentary, and one is an afterword that combines a scholarly format with professional reflection. In our introduction, we summarize each one. As each article identifies the need for continued work in this area, and we conclude by providing a few examples of this research.

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Studying School Shootings: Challenges and Considerations for Research

Cited by 41 publications

References 39 publications

Grief and Solidarity Reactions 1 Week After an On-Campus Shooting

Grief and Solidarity Reactions 1 Week After an On-Campus Shooting

The Contexts of the Christchurch terror attacks: social science perspectives

Introduction to Special Issue: The Legacy of Columbine—Implications for Policy After 20 Years

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