@article{ref1,
title="Mass shootings and routine activities theory: the impact of motivation, target suitability, and capable guardianship on fatalities and injuries",
journal="Victims and offenders",
year="2021",
author="Silva, Jason R. and Greene-Colozzi, Emily Ann",
volume="16",
number="4",
pages="565-586",
abstract="This study uses the routine activities framework to identify motivation, target, and guardian characteristics influencing the severity of mass shooting fatalities and injuries. Significant findings indicate media-driven motivations, particularly fame-seeking perpetrators, produced more casualties. Open-spaces and schools provided more suitable targets, with open-spaces incurring more fatalities and schools incurring more injuries. Guardianship variables indicated perpetrators with a history of mental illness, as well as incidents involving rifles, more than one gun, and ending in the perpetrator's death, all resulted in higher rates of victimization. A discussion of findings highlights targeted policy and security strategies aimed at reducing the victim-counts attributed to mass shooting attacks.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1556-4886",
doi="10.1080/15564886.2020.1823919",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2020.1823919"
}