Gun Violence Prevention? The Politics Behind Policy Responses to School Shootings in the United States /

• Main Author: E. M. Kerr, Selina (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Social policy.; Political sociology.; Crime-Sociological aspects.; Social Policy.; Political Sociology.; Crime and Society.

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, inter...