Essays about: "mass shooting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words mass shooting.

1. 1. Statistical analysis of LDMX data

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Partikel- och kärnfysik

   Author : Noah Ritter; [2023]
   Keywords : LDMX; dark matter; light dark matter; statistics; hypothesis testing; ROOT; Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : This thesis explores a statistical framework for analysing LDMX data. It uses pre-built functions in the ROOT framework to calculate likelihoods and confidence levels (CL). READ MORE

3. 2. Application and Evaluation of Current Guidelines for Metal Additive Manufacturing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovation

   Author : Robin Bergman; [2022]
   Keywords : additive manufacturing; laser powder bed fusion; thin-wall structures; design for additive manufacturing; design guidelines; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The goal of this thesis has been to evaluate the design guidelines that currently exist regarding designing for metal additive manufacturing (AM). More specifically, this project has focused on the design guidelines regarding thin-walled features and how well they work when applied to adapt an industrial part for manufacturing with the AM process laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF). READ MORE

4. 3. Does media coverage of mass shootings contribute to copycats? : A systematic literature review

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Ida Ayele; [2021]
   Keywords : mass shootings; contagion; imitation; copycat; media coverage; fame seeking; mass media;

   Abstract : This thesis provides a systematic literature review in order to accumulate and analyze previous research concerning the role of mass media's coverage of mass shootings in regards to copycats. Previous research indicates mass shootings are crimes where perpetrators take inspiration from one another and subsequently imitate each other. READ MORE

5. 4. Guns and Clauses : On the epidemic of American mass shootings

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jessica Janina Öster; [2020]
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   Abstract : The matter of mass shootings is a widely discussed topic all over the USA, and what is frequently given as a reason to the high number of mass shootings is the lack of background checks and the generally lax gun policies in the USA. But can mass shootings in the USA be impeded by controllaws and if so, how? What other possible ways of impeding mass shootings are there? What other possible ways to impede mass shootings are there? How does public opinion affect the possibility to adopt new gun restrictions in the USA? This thesis examines, using a path-dependent perspective, what role the American gun policy has in creating mass shootings, and whether creating stricter gunlaws could make a desired difference in decreasing the number of fatal mass shootings. READ MORE

6. 5. Perceiving Terrorism: A survey experiment about how Swedish students define terrorism based on the perpetrator’s ethnicity

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Niklas von Mentzer Marcev; [2019-02-20]
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   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze how students perceive the concept of terrorism based on the ethnicity ascribed to the perpetrator. Studies conducted in the US have shown that the public defines political violence differently depending on the language used to describe the event, white perpetrators are more often called mass shooters while perpetrators of other ethnicities are more frequently called terrorists. READ MORE