Assessing the contagiousness of mass shootings with nonparametric Hawkes processes

Peter Boyd and James Molyneux

PLOS ONE, 2021, vol. 16, issue 3, 1-18

Abstract: Gun violence and mass shootings are high-profile epidemiological issues facing the United States with questions regarding their contagiousness gaining prevalence in news media. Through the use of nonparametric Hawkes processes, we examine the evidence for the existence of contagiousness within a catalog of mass shootings and highlight the broader benefits of using such nonparametric point process models in modeling the occurrence of such events.

Date: 2021
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