Course 4V - Public Mass Shootings. Clinical Factors, Challenges, & Prevention

Course overview

This Course 4V, Public Mass Shootings, Clinical Factors, Challenges, & Prevention, is sponsored online by CEU By Net. The course earns 4 Clock Hours of credit for multiple State and National Mental Health and Addiction Boards. This Special Report was published in December 2023 by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, Nancy La Vigne, Ph.D., Director. Say the authors: This Special [Dec 2023] Report of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) presents a synthesis of select findings from over 60 publications on 18 NIJ-supported research projects on public mass shootings, including school mass shootings, since 2014. It also identifies areas of need and interest for future research and recommendations. Goals of this course: 1. Learn to recognize patterns of behavior that may foreshadow mass shootings, specifically public mass shootings. 2. Understand some of the mental well-being challenges faced by people who plan and commit mass public shootings and the strategic responses that may avert tragedy when indicators appear. 3. Learn key factors and challenges that currently serve as barriers to the advance detection and prevention of public mass shootings, particularly in K-12 schools. 4. Understand why indicators of planned shootings, including leaking of plans online and verbally to peers, are often not pursued, particularly in K-12 schools, and specific activities to overcome this obstacle. 5. Learn the recommendations of the National Institute of Justice for devising interventions to use when shooting plans are detected and recommendations of actions to avoid after a shooting occurs. 6. Understand the impact of media coverage that currently distorts public perceptions about those who commit mass public shootings and therein discourages accurate prediction and prevention of such events. 7. Understand the varying functions of different types of firearms, the preferences of mass shooters, and the implications for legislative action at the state and local levels.