Gun Violence in American Society

Crime, Justice and Public Policy

Edited by Lisa A. Eargle, Ashraf Esmail

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Publication date:

17 November 2015

Length of book:

312 pages

Publisher

UPA

ISBN-13: 9780761867050

Gun Violence In American Society: Crime, Justice, and Public Policy provides an in-depth, multidisciplinary investigation into one of society’s major social, public health and political concerns—death, injury, and destruction from the use of firearms. Contributors employ a variety of theoretical, methodological, and data analysis frameworks to address different gun violence issues. They explore how gun violence is created and perpetuated in society, as well as the various forms and social contexts in which it appears. The impacts of gun violence on different social groups, communities, and social institutions are also delineated. Moreover, possible solutions to gun violence are presented.

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Foreword by Dr. Raymond M. Delaney, Jr.
Preface by Dr. Lisa A. Eargle and Dr. Ashraf Esmail
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Piercing the Silence: An Overview of Gun Violence: Patterns, Profits, Protections and Policies
Lisa A. Eargle and Ashraf Esmail

Chapter Two: Shattered Self-Images: Narcissism, Egotistical Suicide and School Shooters
Selina Doran and Mary Ann O’Grady

Chapter Three: From Egotistical and Anomic Suicide to Egotistical And Anomic Homicide: Explaining The Aurora, Colorado Mass Shooting Using Durkheim, Merton and Agnew
Dinur Blum and Christian G. Jaworski

Chapter Four: School Shooters: The Progression From Social Rejection to Mass Murder
Martha Smithey

Chapter Five: Institutional Correlates of Intimate Partner Gun Homicides
Sheryl L. Van Horne

Chapter Six: (Il)legal Guns and Homicide: A Case Study of New Orleans
Jessica M. Doucet, Julia D’Antonio-Del Rio, and Chantel D. Chauvin

Chapter Seven: Do Firearms and Other Weapons Increase the Odds of Injury During an Assault? An Offender-Based Analysis
Nicole M. Schmidt, Christopher A. Kierkus, and Alan J. Lizotte

Chapter Eight: No Help In Sight: the Impact of Trauma Center Closures on Gun Violence Survival
Noam Ostrander and Anna Johnson

Chapter Nine: Gun Violence in the U.S.: A Muted Type of Terrorism
Reem A. Abu-Lughod

Chapter Ten: Applying A Disaster Process Framework to Studying Gun Violence: The Gun-Assisted Violence as Disaster (GAVAD) Model
Lisa A. Eargle

Chapter Eleven: Framing Mass Gun Violence: A Content Analysis of Print Media Coverage of the Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook Elementary School Tragedies
James Hawdon, Laura Agnich, Robert Wood and John Ryan

Chapter Twelve: Satirizing Mass Murder: What Many Think, Yet Few Will Say
Jaclyn Schildkraut, H. Jaymi Elsass, and Glenn W. Muschert

Chapter Thirteen: Voices From Gun Violence Prevention Interest Groups: Prescriptive Solutions to Reducing the Problem
Selina Doran

Every New Orleanian knows the statistic: highest per capita murder rates in the United States. For the most well-known city, in the state best known for “bringing up the rear” in every quality of life statistic, being cast as Number 1 is no prize. This book examines fully what plagues New Orleans and other communities that are entrenched in this downward spiral of social illness, and offers REAL policy proposals as cures. I read this book through my lens as a civil rights attorney, social justice advocate and organizer; it is compelling and a must read for those who want to advance community conversations on change.