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Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America

byMark Follman

Journalist Mark Follman investigates behavioral threat assessment teams working to prevent mass shootings before violence begins. Psychologists, educators, law-enforcement officers, and community members examine warning behaviors, grievances, threats, access to weapons, and opportunities for intervention. The book distinguishes evidence-based prevention from profiling and the misleading search for one personality type. Case studies show both successful disruptions and missed signals, emphasizing support and problem-solving alongside security. Follman argues that shootings are not impossible bolts from nowhere and that coordinated, rights-conscious systems can identify dangerous trajectories without criminalizing distress itself.

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780062973535