Despite Heightened Fear Of School Shootings, It's Not A Growing Epidemic

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The Parkland shooting last month has energized student activists, who are angry and frustrated over gun violence. But it's also contributed to the impression that school shootings are a growing epidemic in America.

In truth, they're not.

"Schools are safer today than they had been in previous decades," says James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology at Northeastern University who has studied the phenomenon of mass murder since the 1980s.

Fox and doctoral student Emma Fridel crunched the numbers, and the results should come as a relief to parents.

First, while multiple-victim shootings in general are on the rise, that's not the case in schools. There's an average of about one a year — in a country with more than 100,000 schools.

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/15/593831564/the-disconnect-between-perceived-danger-in-u-s-schools-and-reality

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3 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

The Parkland shooting last month has energized student activists, who are angry and frustrated over gun violence. But it's also contributed to the impression that school shootings are a growing epidemic in America.

In truth, they're not.

"Schools are safer today than they had been in previous decades," says James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology at Northeastern University who has studied the phenomenon of mass murder since the 1980s.

Fox and doctoral student Emma Fridel crunched the numbers, and the results should come as a relief to parents.

First, while multiple-victim shootings in general are on the rise, that's not the case in schools. There's an average of about one a year — in a country with more than 100,000 schools.

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/15/593831564/the-disconnect-between-perceived-danger-in-u-s-schools-and-reality

Yes, when you compare the data inside your own country.

 

It's very much an epidemic compared to the rest of the first world.

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1 hour ago, JimandChristy said:

Yes, when you compare the data inside your own country.

 

It's very much an epidemic compared to the rest of the first world.

It was a US study.  I know you are enamored by the whole first world moniker, but honestly, who cares about other countries. 

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42 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

It was a US study.  I know you are enamored by the whole first world moniker, but honestly, who cares about other countries. 

It is that type of attitude that'll be the downfall of this country. America cannot survive without those other countries.

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11 minutes ago, JimandChristy said:

It is that type of attitude that'll be the downfall of this country. America cannot survive without those other countries.

The other countries cannot survive without the US either, so what is your point?

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6 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

The Parkland shooting last month has energized student activists, who are angry and frustrated over gun violence. But it's also contributed to the impression that school shootings are a growing epidemic in America.

In truth, they're not.

"Schools are safer today than they had been in previous decades," says James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology at Northeastern University who has studied the phenomenon of mass murder since the 1980s.

Fox and doctoral student Emma Fridel crunched the numbers, and the results should come as a relief to parents.

First, while multiple-victim shootings in general are on the rise, that's not the case in schools. There's an average of about one a year — in a country with more than 100,000 schools.

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/15/593831564/the-disconnect-between-perceived-danger-in-u-s-schools-and-reality

How does this help The Agenda?

 

Any stats on acid attacks?

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5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

How does this help The Agenda?

 

Any stats on acid attacks?

It doesn't, but it is interesting that this came from the mostly Left Wing source NPR.  Are acid attacks a first world problem?

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6 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

It doesn't, but it is interesting that this came from the mostly Left Wing source NPR.  Are acid attacks a first world problem?

Acid attacks have become a major first world problem.

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5 hours ago, JimandChristy said:

Yes, when you compare the data inside your own country.

 

It's very much an epidemic compared to the rest of the first world.

Stats in other countries don't change the fact that school shootings in the US are on the decline.

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3 hours ago, JimandChristy said:

It is that type of attitude that'll be the downfall of this country. America cannot survive without those other countries.

Actually, it’s that kind of attitude that created America in the first place.  “The British are coming!”, remember that battle cry?

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3 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

It doesn't, but it is interesting that this came from the mostly Left Wing source NPR.  Are acid attacks a first world problem?

Only when acid is used to harm first world citizens.  To my limited knowledge, it’s ONLY a first world problem. (But I don’t news much, admittedly)

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6 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

Only when acid is used to harm first world citizens.  To my limited knowledge, it’s ONLY a first world problem. (But I don’t news much, admittedly)

Depending upon their income, of course. 

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20 minutes ago, spookyturtle said:

Depending upon their income, of course. 

Not sure which way is better... do we throw acid on the rich or the poor?  

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43 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

Only when acid is used to harm first world citizens.  To my limited knowledge, it’s ONLY a first world problem. (But I don’t news much, admittedly)

Its not first world. It started in areas of Bangladesh and is shockingly common in areas of both Pakistan and India and is almost exclusively against women. 

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16 minutes ago, Sonea said:

Its not first world. It started in areas of Bangladesh and is shockingly common in areas of both Pakistan and India and is almost exclusively against women. 

Interesting,  didn't realize that.  Knew about the boiling oil thing, but not acid.  Sad.