“Since Parkland, school safety has been a priority for parents and policymakers, but efforts to physically fortify schools to keep intruders at bay often are detached from the reality that most school shooters are current or former students of the schools they target,” Criminologists Reidman, Densley and Peterson writes.
David Riedman, James Densley and Jillian Peterson
David Riedman is the creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, conducts research on gun violence in schools, and authored multiple peer-reviewed articles on homeland security policy, critical infrastructure protection, and emergency management. Dr. James Densley is a professor of Criminal Justice and department chair of the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice at Metro State University, part of the Minnesota State system. He is also a co-founder and co-president of The Violence Project Research Center, best known for its database of mass shooters. Dr. Jillian Peterson is a forensic psychologist, associate professor of criminology and criminal Justice at Hamline University, and co-president of The Violence Project.