Researchers Discuss Causes, Trends and Solutions for Gun Violence
The recent string of mass shootings has once again captured the attention of the American public. The tragic shootings in an elementary school in Texas, a grocery store in New York, a church in California and locally in the streets of downtown Sacramento have many people wondering what can be done to prevent such tragedies.
Each time these incidents happen, familiar questions come up around the influence of mental health, social media, socio-economic factors, race and policies.
To help answer these questions, host Soterios Johnson sat down with two experts from the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program to discuss trends in gun violence, its causes, consequences and prevention.
