Welcome to Episode 117. In this episode, we are speaking with Professor Benjamin Comer and his work around school shootings.
Benjamin Comer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Texas Christian University. His research focuses on gun violence, school gun violence, and mass gun violence. His additional areas of research focus on data accuracy and comparability, as well as spatial criminology. Benjamin received his PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University.
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Get in touch with Ben:
Texas Christian University website //benjamin.comer AT tcu.edu
Below are the papers co-authored by Ben that were
discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Comer, B. P. (2024). Definitional Discrepancies: Defining “School Shootings” and Other Incidents of Gunfire Affecting Schools. Social Sciences, 13(6), 316. [article link]
Comer, B. P., Connolly, E. J., & Fuller, M. B. (2024). An examination of Texas K-12 teachers’ opinions on teacher and staff gun carrying. Journal of School Violence, 23(3), 279-292. [article link]