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100			_aRocque, Michael
240			_aCriminal justice review / _hSeptember 2023
245			_aAverting tragedy : _bAn exploration of thwarted mass public shooting relative to completed attacks / _cMichael Rocque, Madison Gerdes, James Allan Fox, Grant Duwe, and MAdeline Clark
300			_avol.48(3) : pages 277-299
500			_aAbstract Scholarship on mass public shootings has increased in recent years as comprehensive datasets have become more available. As a result, much is known about the contextual and offender related characteristics of such attacks. However, less research has been conducted on attacks that were planned but ultimately did not occur. Understanding how mass public shootings may be thwarted or averted is important for both policy and theoretical reasons. In this paper, we describe a new dataset of averted mass public shooting threats (N = 194) from 2000-2019 and compare them to mass public shootings that were completed during this time (N = 97). Several noteworthy findings emerged including that nearly half of the averted cases were reported by a friend or acquaintance, most targeted a specific location or group, and averted cases were more likely to involve school targets and co-offenders. Implications are discussed.
653			_aaverted mass public shootings
653			_ahomicide
653			_aschool violence
653			_amass violence
700			_aGerdes, Madison
700			_aFox, James Alan
700			_aDuwe, Grant
700			_aClark, Madeline
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