When plate boundaries occur in continental lithosphere, deformation is spread out over a much larger area than the plate boundary, so earthquakes occur away from the plate boundary and are related to strains developed within the broader zone of deformation caused by major irregularities in the fault trace.
One study that focused on risk assessment of mental illness and violence found that the stigma attached to such illnesses prevents those who require help from actually seeking it. The study pointed out that since 1983 there have been 78 mass shootings in the U.S., resulting in 547 deaths. The mental health of the shooters was the mediaâs prime focus in each case. Mental status aside, in the past decade alone, gun-related violence accounted for the deaths of over a quarter of a million people.
Grant Duwe, director of research at the Minnesota Department of Corrections and the author of a book about mass murders in the U.S. ... said the events that Americans today recognize as mass shootings, including the death of 28 people in Newtown, Conn., and the San Bernardino terrorist attack, are âmass public shootings.â.