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Contagion in Mass Killings and School Shootings

Contagion in Mass Killings and School Shootings Abstract: Background Several past studies have found that media reports of suicides and homicides appear to subsequently increase the incidence of similar events in the community, apparently due to the coverage planting the seeds of ideation in at-risk individuals to commit similar acts. Methods Here we explore whether…

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