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GUN VIOLENCE IN US SCHOOLS LINKED TO UNEMPLOYMENT

When people come out of schools and find no jobs, the disappointment and despondecy that develops among them leads to gun violence in the schools, a new study based on a quarter-century of data has found.

The study conducted by researchers in Northwestern University found a persistent connection over time between unemployment and the occurrence of school shootings in the country.

“Our study indicates that rising gun violence in schools can result from disappointment and despair during periods of increased unemployment, when getting an education does not necessarily lead to finding work,” researchers said in the study published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.