Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast: Mass Shootings: An Interview with Criminologists Drs. Jillian Peterson and James Densley, the Argument for Data-Driven Nuance, and Steps for Prevention (opens in new tab)

A 2019 poll reported that one-third of adults say they feel they "cannot go anywhere without worrying about being a victim of mass shooting" and "more than half of American teenagers worry about a shooting at their school." A mass shooting is generally defined as the murder of at least four people at one time. Why do mass shootings take place? Are there any commonalities between the perpetrators? Could these shootings have been stopped before they started? By listening to this episode, you ca...