There have been over 1,400 school shootings since 1970 and prevention research focuses on gun control, mental health resources, and school security. I used data from the K-12 SSDB and on related public policies in the US to conduct econometric analysis identifying the most effective policies for preventing school shootings. While results of the econometric analysis were inconclusive, descriptive analysis suggests a relationship between firearm laws and school shootings while other policies have relationships with specific subsets of school shootings.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Bates, Rosalyn

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 67306
• E-project-050222-184810

Keyword

• Mental Health
• Econometrics
• Guns
• Public Policy
• Economics
• Schools

Advisor

• Brown, Crystal
• Somasse, Gbetonmasse B.

Year

• 2022

Date created

• 2022-05-02

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Economic Science

Rights statement

• In Copyright