Contents Foreword xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction xxi Understanding Mass Shootings in America The Role of Firearms in Mass Shootings 3 Mass Shooters and Mental Illness 13 Violent Media and Video Game Effects 23 School Shootings 31 School Security Responses after Mass Shootings 39 Gender and Mass Shootings 47 Mass Shootings as Hate Crimes 55 Mass Shootings as Acts of Terrorism 63 Issues and Challenges for Law Enforcement Responding to Mass Shootings 71 Insight from Averted Mass Shootings 79 Responses to Mass Shootings 85 Encyclopedia of Mass Shooting Events, 1966–2016 1960s 95 1970s 97 1980s 99 1990s 106 2000s 123 2010s 148
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