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Mass Murder with Firearms: Incidents and Victims, 1999-2013.

PB2016101105

Publication Date	2015
Personal Author	Krouse, W. J.; Richardson, D. J.
Page Count	51
Abstract	In the wake of tragedy in Newtown CT, Congress defined “mass killings” as “3 or more killings in a single incident” (P.L. 112-265). Any consideration of new or existing gun laws that follows mass shootings is likely to generate requests for comprehensive data on the prevalence and deadliness of these incidents. Despite the pathos of mass shootings, only a handful of researchers and journalists have analyzed the principal source of homicide data in the United States—the Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)—to determine whether those incidents have become more prevalent and deadly.
Keywords	Mass murder Firearms Victims Offenders Violent crime Incidents Gun laws Homicide data Charts (Graphs) Mass killings Mass public shootings
Source Agency	Congressional Research Service
NTIS Subject Category	91C - Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice 43D - Police, Fire, & Emergency Services 92C - Social Concerns 43 - Problem Solving Information for State & Local Governments
Corporate Authors	Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. to Congress.
NTIS Issue Number	201606

Mass Murder with Firearms: Incidents and Victims, 1999-2013.

Mass Murder with Firearms: Incidents and Victims, 1999-2013.
PB2016101105

Publication Date	2015
Personal Author	Krouse, W. J.; Richardson, D. J.
Page Count	51
Abstract	In the wake of tragedy in Newtown CT, Congress defined “mass killings” as “3 or more killings in a single incident” (P.L. 112-265). Any consideration of new or existing gun laws that follows mass shootings is likely to generate requests for comprehensive data on the prevalence and deadliness of these incidents. Despite the pathos of mass shootings, only a handful of researchers and journalists have analyzed the principal source of homicide data in the United States—the Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)—to determine whether those incidents have become more prevalent and deadly.
Keywords	Mass murder Firearms Victims Offenders Violent crime Incidents Gun laws Homicide data Charts (Graphs) Mass killings Mass public shootings
Source Agency	Congressional Research Service
NTIS Subject Category	91C - Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice 43D - Police, Fire, & Emergency Services 92C - Social Concerns 43 - Problem Solving Information for State & Local Governments
Corporate Authors	Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. to Congress.
NTIS Issue Number	201606