Assistant Professor, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
~ RGVRC Affiliate Scholar ~
Emma E. Fridel, PhD, is an assistant professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. Her research focuses on the individual and contextual factors of lethal violence, including homicide, suicide, mass murder, and school shootings. Fridel is a co-author of Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder (2023), and her work has been funded by the National Institute of Justice and the National Institutes of Health. Fridel’s research on gun violence appears in various journals, including the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Homicide Studies.
Policy Solutions to Address Mass Shootings
August 13, 2021
This brief evaluates the effect of state gun laws on mass public shootings and finds gun permits and bans on large capacity magazines may reduce mass public shooting rates and mass public shooting victimization, respectively. Continue Reading...