Tara Leigh Tober
Biographic Data
| ID | 245013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tara Leigh Tober |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tara Leigh |
| FAMILY NAME | Tober |
| SIGNATURE | TOBER T L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5679-0502 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Visualizing the Rise and Seasonality of Mass Shootings in the United States
The authors visualize monthly mass-shooting incidents in the United States from 2013 to 2022 by integrating data from five major databases, each using different definitional boundaries. The combined dataset provides the most comprehensive view available of mass-shooting victimization during this period, including incidents often excluded in academic and media accounts. A tiled heat map and associated time-series plots reveal two key patterns: a c…
How We Define Mass Shootings Shapes What We Can Learn about Them
Melanie Brazzell, Tara Leigh Tober, and Tristan Bridges on counting consequences
To Provide or Protect? Masculinity, Economic Precarity, and Protective Gun Ownership in the United States
Protection is now the modal motivation for gun ownership, and men continue to outnumber women among gun owners. While research has linked economic precarity (e.g., insecurity and anxiety) to gun ownership and attitudes, separating economic well-being from constructions of masculinity is challenging. In response to blocked economic opportunities, some gun owners prioritize armed protection, symbolically replacing the masculine role of 'provider' w…
Legacies and Memories in Movements
To Provide or Protect? Masculinity, Economic Precarity, and Protective Gun Ownership in the United States
Protection is now the modal motivation for gun ownership, and men continue to outnumber women among gun owners. While research has linked economic precarity (e.g., insecurity and anxiety) to gun ownership and attitudes, separating economic well-being from constructions of masculinity is challenging. In response to blocked economic opportunities, some gun owners prioritize armed protection, symbolically replacing the masculine role of 'provider' w…
Legacies and Memories in Movements
Legacies and Memories in Movements
To Provide or Protect? Masculinity, Economic Precarity, and Protective Gun Ownership in the United States
Protection is now the modal motivation for gun ownership, and men continue to outnumber women among gun owners. While research has linked economic precarity (e.g., insecurity and anxiety) to gun ownership and attitudes, separating economic well-being from constructions of masculinity is challenging. In response to blocked economic opportunities, some gun owners prioritize armed protection, symbolically replacing the masculine role of 'provider' w…
How We Define Mass Shootings Shapes What We Can Learn about Them
Melanie Brazzell, Tara Leigh Tober, and Tristan Bridges on counting consequences
Visualizing the Rise and Seasonality of Mass Shootings in the United States
The authors visualize monthly mass-shooting incidents in the United States from 2013 to 2022 by integrating data from five major databases, each using different definitional boundaries. The combined dataset provides the most comprehensive view available of mass-shooting victimization during this period, including incidents often excluded in academic and media accounts. A tiled heat map and associated time-series plots reveal two key patterns: a c…
Criminology (3 works) · Gun Ownership and Violence Research (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Suicide prevention (2 works) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (1 works) · Democracy (1 works) · Domestic violence (1 works)