Domestic Violence & Mass Shootings

 

Episode Type: Professional

Host: Lisa Geller

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Description

Nearly 70% of the mass shootings in the US have a domestic violence connection. A victim of domestic violence is 400 times more likely to be killed when there is a gun involved. Lisa Geller, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; discusses the intersections of domestic violence and mass shootings. Lisa provides context to this discussion through a historical context and concludes with policies and actions we all can take to reduce gun violence, specifically in domestic violence cases.

 

People Who Are Waiting to Help You

Emergency: 911

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

National Domestic Violence Hotline: Phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Text “START” to 88788

StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483

National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453

Safe Helpline, Sexual Assault: 1-877-995-5247

LGBTQ National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564

National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929

SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

Crisis Text Line: Text 741741

National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: 1-800-931-2237

Veterans Crisis Line: Phone 1-800-273-8255 Text 838255

For more resources please visit The Trauma and Mental Health Report resource page https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/resources/

 

Links Discussed:

Paper: The role of domestic violence in fatal mass shootings in the United States

Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

Program for those who have used domestic violence, DVRC

 

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