02612oam 2200517 450 991030060070332120210201142238.03-319-75313-410.1007/978-3-319-75313-3(OCoLC)1235812581(MiFhGG)GVRL59QX(EXLCZ)99410000000335938920180214h20182018 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGun violence prevention? the politics behind policy responses to school shootings in the United States /Selina E.M. Kerr1st ed. 2018.New York, New York :Springer Berlin Heidelberg,[2018]�20181 online resource (xi, 142 pages)Gale eBooks3-319-75312-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. A Partisan Issue? Policy-making and Guns in the United States -- 3. Columbine School Shooting -- 4. Virginia Tech School Shooting -- 5. Sandy Hook School Shooting -- 6. Conclusion.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.Gun controlUnited StatesSchool shootingsUnited StatesSchool shootingsVirginiaBlacksburgSchool shootingsColoradoLittletonSchool shootingsConnecticutNewtown (Town)Gun controlSchool shootingsSchool shootingsSchool shootingsSchool shootings371.782E. M. Kerr Selinaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut916985MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910300600703321Gun Violence Prevention2055817UNINA