The Mass Shooter Database

The Mass Shooter Database

Why does someone become a mass shooter? Researchers are interviewing perpetrators and their victims—and those who narrowly averted committing a mass shooting—and discovering a common thread of psychological despair. Can their work be applied to the prevention of future violence?


Guest: Jillian Peterson, forensic psychologist, violence researcher, and author of The Violence Project.


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