Date
6-19-2024
Department
School of Behavioral Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)
Chair
Jason Ward
Keywords
Mass Shootings, Prevention, Law Enforcement
Disciplines
Counseling
Recommended Citation
Shelton, Alycia Mary, "Mass Shooting Prevention: What Can Local Law Enforcement Do?" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5755.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5755
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how law enforcement officers can influence mass shooting prevention tactics. Minimal research has been conducted on law enforcement’s influence in the prevention of mass shootings. At this stage, researchers describe needing more information about mass shooting prevention tactics. Since minimal research has been conducted on law enforcement’s influence on mass shooting prevention, the goal was to determine what they believe can be done. Guiding this study was phenomenology, the study of conscious experiences as they appear in the first person. Phenomenology has been crucial in the tradition of European philosophy throughout the 20th century (Smith & Spiegler, 2017). Law enforcement officers should be able both to critique current mass shooting prevention tactics and to provide guidance to identify prevention tactics.
