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.
Publication Information:
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
©2018
Call Number:
HV7436 .K47 2018
Abstract:
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--back cover.
ISBN:
9783319753126
Series:
Palgrave pivot
Palgrave pivot.
Physical Description:
xi, 142 pages ; 22 cm.
Contents:
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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