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<p>Notes on Contributors vii</p> <p>Preface xv</p> <p><b>Part I: Background on Mass Shootings 1</b></p> <p>1 Challenges to the Empirical Investigation of Mass Shootings 3<br /><i>Andrew J. Smith and Michael Hughes</i></p> <p>2 The Patterns and Prevalence of Mass Public Shootings in the United States, 1915–2013 20<br /><i>Grant Duwe</i></p> <p>3 Explaining Mass Shootings: Types, Patterns, and Theories 36<br /><i>James Alan Fox and Jack Levin</i></p> <p><b>Part II: The Psychology of Perpetrators 57</b></p> <p>4 The Development of Rampage Shooters: Myths and Uncertainty in the Search for Causes 59<br /><i>Benjamin Winegard and Christopher J. Ferguson</i></p> <p>5 Biosocial Perspective of Proactive Aggression: Applications to Perpetrators of Mass Shootings 77<br /><i>Jonathan Waldron and Angela Scarpa</i></p> <p>6 The Challenge of Predicting Dangerousness 96<br /><i>Sara Chiara Haden</i></p> <p><b>Part III: The Role of Media in the Aftermath of Mass Shootings 115</b></p> <p>7 The Influence of Media on Public Attitudes 117<br /><i>Jaclyn Schildkraut and H. Jaymi Elsass</i></p> <p>8 Social Media and News Coverage as Vicarious Exposure 136<br /><i>Carolyn R. Fallahi</i></p> <p>9 The Role of Technology in Expressions of Grief 153<br /><i>Kenneth A. Lachlan</i></p> <p>10 The Impact of Journalism on Grieving Communities 170<br /><i>Henna Haravuori, Noora Berg, and Mauri Marttunen</i></p> <p><b>Part IV: Psychological Considerations for Impacted Individuals 189</b></p> <p>11 Mental Health Outcomes Following Direct Exposure 191<br /><i>Laura C. Wilson</i></p> <p>12 Psychosocial Functioning Within Shooting?]Affected Communities: Individual?] and Community?]Level Factors 210<br /><i>Heather Littleton, Julia C. Dodd, and Kelly Rudolph</i></p> <p>13 Postdisaster Psychopathology Among Rescue Workers Responding to Multiple?]Shooting Incidents 229<br /><i>Geoff J. May and Carol S. North</i></p> <p>14 Distress Among Journalists Working the Incidents 247<br /><i>Klas Backholm</i></p> <p><b>Part V: Clinical Interventions for Impacted Individuals 265</b></p> <p>15 Empirically Based Trauma Therapies 267<br /><i>Thea Gallagher, Natalie G. Gay, Anu Asnaani, and Edna B. Foa</i></p> <p>16 Public Relief Efforts From an International Perspective 293<br /><i>Kari Dyregrov, Atle Dyregrov, and Pål Kristensen</i></p> <p>17 Mental Health Service Utilization Following Mass Shootings 312<br /><i>Andrew J. Smith, Katharine Donlon Ramsdell, Michael F. Wusik, and Russell T. Jones</i></p> <p>18 Resiliency and Posttraumatic Growth 331<br /><i>Andrea M. Despotes, David P. Valentiner, and Melissa London</i></p> <p><b>Part VI: Prevention, Ethics, and Future Directions 351</b></p> <p>19 Threat Assessment and Violence Prevention 353<br /><i>Dewey Cornell and Pooja Datta</i></p> <p>20 Ethical Conduct of Research in the Aftermath of Mass Shootings 372<br /><i>Elana Newman, Chelsea Shotwell Tabke, and Betty Pfefferbaum</i></p> <p>21 Future Directions 388<br /><i>Danny Axsom</i></p> <p>Index 401</p>

<p><b>Laura C. Wilson</b> is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at the University of Mary Washington, USA. Her main area of research and clinical expertise is post-trauma functioning, particularly in survivors of mass trauma such as mass shootings, terrorism, or combat or sexual violence. She also has expertise in predictors of violence and aggression, including psychophysiological and personality factors. She has published widely in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, including <i>Violence and Victims</i>, <i>Journal of Interpersonal Violence</i>, <i>Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma</i>, and <i>Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy</i>.</p>

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