Domestic Violence & Mass Shootings

Episode Type: Professional

Host: Lisa Geller

Links for Lisa Geller:

• Twitter for Lisa Geller

Links for Johns Hopkins:

• Twitter for Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

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

If you would like to share your story/professional experience in an episode please email us at: LauraDVRC@menaspeacemakers.org