Overview
- Examines the political field of gun policy
- Presents expert interviews within the US gun violence prevention movement
- Dissects the promise and pitfalls of particular policy proposals
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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.
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Book Title: Gun Violence Prevention?
Book Subtitle: The Politics Behind Policy Responses to School Shootings in the United States
Authors: Selina E. M. Kerr
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75313-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75312-6Published: 19 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09198-9Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75313-3Published: 10 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 142
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Policy, Political Sociology, Crime and Society