Title: Preventing School Shootings

Abstract: Weaving together insights from five active research projects (a mixed-methods study of US mass shooters, a national survey of gun violence exposure, a new database of K-12 school homicides, a mixed-methods study of homicide in the Twin Cities, an action research collaboration in the St. Paul Public Schools), and nearly two decades of practical experience, this presentation explores trends in school shootings, gaps in existing knowledge about youth violence, and implications for policy and practice that put prevention front and center.