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Back to School ShootingsEp 13. How to prevent school shootings with Stephen DubnerEvery school shooting—the latest at Apalachee High in Georgia—is the culmination of a long chain of failures as parents, police, and school officials all missed their chances to act on overt warnings. Could analyzing and studying the information within the K-12 School Shooting Database be the key to stopping them?From Freakonomics Radio+ episode: The Only Person That Tracks Every U.S. School Shooting This was only the first half of my interview. If you want to listen to this entire bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, it’s available through the Sirius...2024-09-0630 min
Back to School ShootingsSchool shooting is final link in chain of failures (clip from Freakonomics Episode 561)Clips from my interview with Stephen Dubner on Freakonomics Radio Episode 561.* How and why the K-12 School Shooting Database was created* Identifying someone in crisis before it escalates to violent public suicide* Need public education, playbook for school officials, and standardized reporting systems* National Poison Control Center is an example of an accessible system that can help anyone during an emergency, this does not exist for stopping mass shootings* My personal experience as a high school student during the DC Sniper AttacksDavid Riedman is the creator...2024-01-0721 min