Date of Award
8-2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Discipline
Juvenile Justice
Abstract
In 2023, by November 2, there had been 45 school shootings resulting in fatalities and injuries (Matthews, 2023). There were 193 shooting incidents in preschools and K–12 schools during the previous school year, which is greater than an average of 49 incidents each school year since 2013 (Everytown Research & Policy, 2022). This predictive quantitative study offers a comprehensive analysis of various state-level, school-level, and individual-level variables, such as the laws related to guns, access to mental health services, economics, type of school shooting, socio-demographic indicators, school type, and timing of the incident toward informing effective preventative policies. It utilized information from five data sets: the K-12 School Shooting Data Base, Giffords Law Center, KFF Data Base, State of Mental Health in America Report, and the Washington Post School Shooting Database. The data were analyzed with t-tests and regression using a layered ecological contextual theoretical framework to understand what increases the possibility of school shootings with casualties. The findings revealed that school factors such as indoor locations, targeted victims, and the presence of School Resource Officers, and macro factors such as limited youth access to mental health services and a high percentage of youth in poverty are predictive of school shootings with casualties.
Keywords: school shootings, gun violence, school violence, school fatalities
Committee Chair/Advisor
Camille Gibson
Committee Member
Myrna Cintron
Committee Member
Nabil Ouassini
Committee Member
Gbolahan Solomon Osho
Publisher
Prairie View A&M University
Rights
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Date of Digitization
8/27/2024
Contributing Institution
J. B Coleman Library
City of Publication
Prairie View
MIME Type
Application/PDF
Recommended Citation
Vijayan, V. (2024). School Shootings In The United States: An Analysis Of Micro And Macro Level Variables. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-dissertations/52