Gun violence prevention? the politics behind policy responses to school shootings in the United States / Selina E. M. Kerr.
Kerr, Selina E. M., author.
2018
HV7436 .K47 2018
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Title Gun violence prevention? the politics behind policy responses to school shootings in the United States / Selina E. M. Kerr.
Author Kerr, Selina E. M., author.
ISBN 9783319753133 (electronic book)
3319753134 (electronic book)
9783319753126
3319753126
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number HV7436 .K47 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 371.7/82
Summary This book examines the gun-related policy responses to three school shooting incidents in the United States. Gun violence prevention activists and others involved in policy making were interviewed for the book, and news media articles and policy documents were critically assessed. As a result, interpretations of the Second Amendment are shown to affect the acceptability of certain gun restrictions. News media content and policy documents, coupled with the thoughts of activists, also give an indication of why certain policy measures passed and others failed at the time of each of the case studies. This book should be of interest to social policy, politics, criminology and sociology students and academics, as well as those with a general interest in the topic.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 16, 2018).
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783319753126
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1. Introduction
2. A Partisan Issue? Policy-Making and Guns in the United States
3. Columbine School Shooting
4. Virginia Tech Shooting
5. Sandy Hook School Shooting
6. Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
Index.

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