gun violence and mass shootings

Mass Shootings and Gun Violence in America : Issues and Perspectives

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Repeal the Second Amendment: The Case for a Safer America (Hardcover - Used) 1250244404 9781250244406

A radical case for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment as the only way to control gun violence in America There s an average of one mass shooting per day in the United States. Given the ineffectiveness of the gun control lobby it s time for a strategy... more

Pre-Owned The Trigger: Narratives of the American Shooter (Hardcover) 1628729198 9781628729191

Six moving profiles reveal the complex realities behind gun violence in the United States. These are the stories of the shooters. In South Carolina a young man embarks on a life of crime that culminates in a drug-related shooting and decades in... more

Pre-Owned Snake River Slaughter (Mass Market Paperback) 0786021292 9780786021291

Matt Jensen is the adopted son of mountain man Smoke Jensen: his soul was forged by violence and hardship his calling the sound of a gun. . . Snake River Massacre Matt Jensen didn t want to kill two murderers in Wyoming but he had no choice. Now his... more

Gun Policy in the United States and Canada: The Impact of Mass Murders and Assassinations on Gun Control (Hardcover)

The shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007 was one of the worst mass murders in the U.S. but it did not lead to any new federal gun control policy. In contrast following a similar event in Montreal in 1989 Canada created new comprehensive gun policy.... more

Hearts of Darkness : Why Kids Are Becoming Mass Murderers and How We Can Stop It (Hardcover)

From Sandy Hook Connecticut to Aurora Colorado to Tucson Arizona this nation has been racked from coast to coast with mass shootings perpetrated by criminals with sick minds. Authors Dr. Liebert and Dr. Birnes believe the increase in violence is an... more

Finding Comfort During Hard Times : A Guide to Healing after Disaster Violence and Other Community Trauma (Hardcover)

Booklist Starred Review • Finding Comfort is about providing emotional and spiritual care following a mass fatality incident like a mass shooting terrorist act or catastrophic natural disaster. Through examples and practical suggestions it... more

When Thoughts and Prayers Aren t Enough: A Shooting Survivor s Journey Into the Realities of Gun Violence (Hardcover - Used) 0830831703 9780830831708

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist ECPA Top Shelf Award Winner Taylor Schumann never thought she d be a victim of gun violence. But one spring day a man with a shotgun walked into her workplace and opened fire on her. While she survived... more

Pre-Owned Citizen-Protectors: The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline (Paperback) 0190902140 9780190902148

From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools shopping centers and movie theatres reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs. At the same time a different kind of headline has captured... more

Pre-Owned Gun Policy in the United States and Canada: The Impact of Mass Murders Assassinations on Control Hardcover Anthony K. Fleming

9781441106506. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 176. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p. Contains: Unspecified. The shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007 was one of the worst mass murders in the U.S.... more

Pre-Owned Citizen-Protectors: The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline (Hardcover 9780199347551) by Jennifer Carlson

9780199347551. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 248. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 248 p. From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools shopping centers and movie theatres reports of gun crimes... more

Pre-Owned Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels Hardcover Ioan Grillo

From the author of El Narco a searing investigation into the enormous black market for firearms essential to cartels and gangs in the drug trade and contributing to the epidemic of mass shootings. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or... more

Living with Guns : A Liberal s Case for the Second Amendment (Hardcover)

Newtown. Columbine. Virginia Tech. Tucson. Aurora. Gun violence on a massive scale has become a plague in our society yet politicians seem more afraid of having a serious conversation about guns than they are of the next horrific shooting. Any... more

Urban Youth Trauma : Using Community Intervention to Overcome Gun Violence (Paperback)

With the rise of school shootings and the recent March for Our Lives movement Urban Youth Trauma focuses on the timely and important topic of urban violence and guns while also addressing intervention strategies for social workers and counselors. more

The Gang and Beyond (Paperback)

This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent the new face of youth crime repudiating claims which situate the gang at the heart of sexual violence mass shooting and control of the illegal drugs trade and examining how better... more

The Gang and Beyond: Interpreting Violent Street Worlds

This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent the new face of youth crime repudiating claims which situate the gang at the heart of sexual violence mass shooting and control of the illegal drugs trade and examining how better... more

Lockdown: Talking to Your Kids about School Violence (Paperback)

Keeping Your Kids Safe and Emotionally Secure How many children are truly safe from school shootings - physically and emotionally? A shocking 187 000 school students have been directly exposed to gun violence since the Columbine school shooting in... more

Pre-Owned The Project (Mass Market Paperback) 0778324060 9780778324065

9780778324065. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Mass-market paperback. Original ed. Language: English. Pages: 400. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 400 p. The nation is gripped by a rash of shootings committed by good kids who turn the gun on... more

Pre-Owned Enough: Our Fight to Keep America Safe from Gun Violence (Hardcover 9781476750071) by Gabrielle Giffords Mark Kelly

9781476750071. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 240. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 240 p. After the 2011 Tucson shooting that nearly took her life basic questions consumed Gabby Giffords and her... more

Mass Violence: Human Rights and Criminal Law (Hardcover)

Mass violence can be defined as an intentional violent criminal act that results in physical emotional or psychological injury to a large number of people. One of the most common ways in which mass violence can manifest is through mass shootings.... more

Routledge Studies in Crime and Society Mass Shootings and Civilian Armament (Paperback)

Mass shootings are playing a role in contributing to a historically unprecedented increase in gun purchases and a theoretical framework to account this increase identifies causal pathways and mechanisms then tests these claims on 213 cases and finds... more

Reawakening America: Leadership Vigilance and Collaboration (Paperback)

In this timely and essential work nationally acclaimed speaker and author Vincent J. Bove anthologizes his Sentinel Digest articles that examine the leadership crisis and culture of violence in America. From mass shootings and police-community... more