Published Academic Papers
Silver, J., and Craun, S. “Criminal histories of convicted federal threat offenders.” Journal of Threat Assessment and Management 10, no. 1 (2023): 32–41.
Silver, J., and Silva, J. R. “A sequence analysis of the behaviors and experiences of the deadliest public mass shooters.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 37, no. 23–24 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221078818
Clemmow, C., Gill, P., Bouhana, N., Silver, J., and Horgan, J. “Disaggregating Lone-actor Grievance-fuelled Violence: Comparing Lone-actor Terrorists and Mass Murderers.” Terrorism and Political Violence 34, no. 3 (2022): 558–584.
Silver, J., Craun, S., Wyman, J., and Simons, A. “A coproduction research model between academia and law enforcement responsible for investigating threats.” Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 16, no. 1 (2021): 32–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/18335330.2021.1880018
Lankford, A., Silver, J., and Cox, J. “An Epidemiological analysis of public mass shooters: Quantifying key differences between perpetrators and the general population, homicide offenders, and suicide decedents.” Journal of Threat Assessment and Management 8, no. 4 (2021): 125–144. https://doi.org/10.1037/tam0000166
Gill, P., Silver, J., Horgan, J., Corner, E., and Bouhana, N. (2021). “Similar crimes, similar behaviors: Comparing lone-actor terrorists and public mass murderers. Journal of Forensic Sciences 66, no. 5 (2021):1797–1804. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14793
Craun, S. W., Gibson, K. A., Ford, A. G., Solik, K., and Silver, J. “(In) action: Variation in bystander responses between persons of concern and active shooters.” Journal of Threat Assessment and Management 7, no. 1–2 (2020): 113.
Gibson, K. A., Craun, S. W., Ford, A. G., Solik, K., and Silver, J. “Possible attackers? A comparison between the behaviors and stressors of persons of concern and active shooters.” Journal of Threat Assessment and Management 7, no. 1–2 (2020): 1–12.
“Space between concern and crime: Two recommendations to encourage use of the threat assessment model and promote bystander reporting.” Criminology and Public Policy 19, no. 1 (2020): 253–270.
Lankford, A., and Silver, J. “Why have public mass shootings become more deadly? Assessing how perpetrators’ motives and methods have changed over time.” Criminology and Public Policy 19, no. 1 (2020): 37–60.
Silver, J., Horgan, J., and Gill, P. “Shared struggles? Cumulative strain theory and public mass murderers from 1990 to 2014.” Homicide Studies 23, no. 1 (2019): 64–84.
Silver, J., Simons, A., and Craun, S. “A Study of the Pre-Attack Behaviors of Active Shooters in the United States Between 2000–2013.” Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC (2018).
Silver, J., Fisher, W., and Horgan, J. “Public mass murderers and federal mental health background checks for firearm purchases.” Law and Policy 40, no. 2 (2018): 133–147.
Silver, J., Gill, P., and Horgan, J. “Foreshadowing targeted violence: Assessing leakage of intent by public mass murderers.” Aggression and Violent Behavior vol. 38 (2018): 94–100.
Gill, P., Horgan, J., Corner, E., and Silver, J. “Risk factors and lone actor violent events: The problems of low base rates and long observational periods.” Journal of Threat Assessment and Management 3, no. 3–4 (2017): 165–173.
Gill, P., Silver, J., Horgan, J. and Corner, E. “Shooting alone: The pre-attack experiences and behaviors of U.S. solo mass murderers.” Journal of Forensic Sciences 62, no. 3 (2017): 710–714.
Horgan, G., Gill, P., Bouhana, N., Silver, J., and Corner, E. “Across the universe? A comparative analysis of violent behavior and radicalization across three offender types with implications for criminal justice training and education.” U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (2016).
Silver, J., Fisher, W. H., and Silver, E. (2015), Preventing persons affected by serious mental illnesses from obtaining firearms: The evolution of law, policy, and practice in Massachusetts. Behavioral Science and the Law vol. 33 (2015): 279–289.
Academic Presentations
Invited speaker. Congressional Briefing on Mass Violence, Senate Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC, September 2019.
“The Important Differences Between Risk Assessment and Threat Assessment.” American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine, the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, September 2019.
“Space Between Concern and Crime: Two Suggestions for Promoting the Use of Threat Assessment and Encouraging Bystander Reporting.” National Science Foundation-sponsored conference on Mass Violence, George Mason University, Arlington, Va., April 11-12, 2019.
Co-presenter with FBI Supervisory Special Agent Andre Simons. “Pre-attack Behaviors of Active Shooters in the U.S. between 2000 and 2013.” 28th Annual Threat Management Conference, Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, Anaheim, Calif., August 2018.
Invited Subject Matter Expert. “Panel Review: Assessing the Motivations of Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas Shooter.” FBI, Behavioral Analysis Unit, National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, FBI Academy, Quantico Virginia, February 27–March 1, 2018.
Invited Subject Matter Expert. “Identifying, Assessing, and Managing the Threat of Targeted Attacks.” Federal Bureau of Investigation, Behavioral Analysis Unit, National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, University of Virginia, July 2015.
“Criminal Specialization: Lone Actor Terrorists and Mass Murderers.” American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 19, 2015.
“Lone Actor Terrorism and Mass Murderers.” American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, Calif., November 20, 2014.
“The Wide-Angle Lens: Taking a Broad View of Lone-Actor Offender Development and Behaviors.” Shaping Applied Research on Lone Actor Terrorism Workshop, London, England, October 20, 2014.
Co-presenter with Dr. Paul Gill. “Different Crimes, Different Offenders? Comparing Lone-Actor Terrorists and Public Mass Casualty Offenders.” Society for Terrorism Research 8th International Conference, Boston, Mass., September 2014.
Books
Schouten, R., and Silver, J. Almost a Psychopath (Center City: Hazelden, 2012).
The Crime Junkie’s Guide to Criminal Law (Westport: Greenwood, Praeger, 2007).
Interviews
New York Times, August 2019.
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), August 2019.
Radio Boston (WBUR Boston), August 2019.
Wall Street Journal, July 2018.
Washington Post, June 2018
Mother Jones, June 2018.
Black Enterprise Magazine, August 2012.
Talk of the Nation (NPR), July 2012.
International Business Times, July 2012.
Christian Science Monitor, July 2012.
Morning Edition (NPR), July 2012.
Boston Magazine, July 2012.