The role of domestic violence in fatal mass shootings in the United States, 2014-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fatal mass shootings, defined as four or more people killed by gunfire, excluding the perpetrator, account for a small percentage of firearm homicide fatalities. Research has not extensively focused on the role of domestic violence (DV) in mass shootings in the United States. This study explores the role of DV in mass shootings in the United States.

Methods

Using 2014-2019 mass shooting data from the Gun Violence Archive, we indexed our data by year and mass shooting and collected the number of deaths and injuries. We reviewed news articles for each mass shooting to determine if it was 1) DV-related (i.e., at least one victim of a mass shooting was a dating partner or family member of the perpetrator); 2) history of DV (i.e., the perpetrator had a history of DV bu

SUBMITTER: Geller LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8165999 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature