A configurational analysis of 44 US mass shootings: 1975–2015

@article{Anisin2018ACA,
  title={A configurational analysis of 44 US mass shootings: 1975–2015},
  author={Alexei Anisin},
  journal={International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice},
  year={2018},
  volume={42},
  pages={55 - 73}
}
  • A. Anisin
  • Published 2 January 2018
  • Law
  • International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
ABSTRACT This study identifies the conditions under which civilian shooter events in the United States become mass episodes of killing. Hitherto, researchers have examined many individual-level variables associated with mass shootings including personal deprivation, family problems, mental illness, among others. Apart from a handful of quantitative studies, scholars have yet to provide a comparative scope to the multiplicity of factors that are influential in bringing about a mass murder… 
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