Mass shootings in America : understanding the debates, causes, and responses, Jaclyn Schildkraut, editor ; foreword by Frank DeAngelis

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Mass shootings in America : understanding the debates, causes, and responses, Jaclyn Schildkraut, editor ; foreword by Frank DeAngelis

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understanding the debates, causes, and responses

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Jaclyn Schildkraut, editor ; foreword by Frank DeAngelis

Instantiates

• Mass shootings in America : understanding the debates, causes, and responses

Publication

• Santa Barbara, California, ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2018

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31223125695404

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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• txt

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Contents

Understanding Mass Shootings in America. The role of firearms in mass shootings -- Mass shooters and mental illness -- Violent media and video game effects -- School shootings -- School security responses after mass shootings -- Gender and mass shootings -- Mass shootings as hate crimes -- Mass shootings as acts of terrorism -- Issues and challenges for law enforcement responding to mass shootings -- Insight from averted mass shootings -- Responses to mass shootings -- Encyclopedia of mass shooting events, 1966-2016. 1960s -- 1970s -- 1980s --1990s -- 2000s -- 2010s -- Mass shootings Q & A : the experts weigh in. Guns affect society positively and the data proves it -- Gun ownership should be protected : gun stockpiling should not -- Our gun laws are fine, the system that implements them is broken -- Guns are not the problem -- Access to guns leads to increased school violence -- Preventing mass shootings : using theory to drive evidence-based practice -- A problem entailing many policy ideas, but few likely to have complete success -- Government options to stop school shootings -- Let the locals decide how to stop school shootings -- Pivotal Documents in Mass Shooting Research. Gun Control Act of 1968 -- The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act -- The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act -- President Clinton's Remarks on School Violence Following Columbine (1999) -- Federal Bureau of Investigation's Report on Threat Assessment of School Shooters (2000) -- The Report of Governor Bill Owens' Columbine Review Commission (2001) -- President Bush's Weekly Radio Address Following Virginia Tech (2007) -- Virginia Tech Review Panel Report (2007) -- The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 -- New York City Police Departments Report Active Shooter : Recommendations and Analysis for Risk Mitigation (2012) -- President Obama's Remarks on Gun Violence Following Sandy Hook (2013) -- U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Gun Violence (2013) -- Federal Bureau of Investigation's Study of Active Shooter Incidents (2014) -- Final Report of the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission (2015)

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27 cm

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xxxiii, 332 pages

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9781440856242

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2017060019

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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• 3621010
• 3621010

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(OCoLC)1028603892