Will Focusing on ‘Contagion Effect’ Reduce Mass Shootings?

By David Codrea

U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “One mass shooting can inspire another, leading to a cluster of shootings in quick succession as like-minded individuals are spurred to action,” The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, quoting Northeastern University professor and “mass killings” scholar James Alan Fox “It plays right into the mindset of a few people who would love to replicate that in their own community. There is a contagion effect.”

That sentiment enjoys widespread agreement, both in terms of cause and solution.

“We know that mass shootings are socially contagious and tend to occur in clusters,” NBC News quotes criminology professor Jillian Peterson.

“Media platform could affect violence,” ABC 17 weighs in, quoting journalism professor Katherine Reed.

“How the media can fight mass shootings: Don’t mention killers by name,” <a target="_blank" href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-05/how-the-media-can-fight-mass-shootings-dont-mention-killers-by-name" target="_blank" …Read the Rest

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