Stephen K. Boss

Guns and College Homicide

The Case to Prohibit Firearms on Campus

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Produktbeschreibung

Describes the profile of collegiate homicide in the United States. Parents who want to know whether their child will be safe on campus will want to read this book. The book provides them with tools to examine the crime records of colleges they may be considering for their daughters and sons.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9781476676098
• ISBN-10: 1476676097
• Artikelnr.: 52960534

Autorenporträt

Stephen K. Boss is a professor of environmental dynamics and sustainability at the University of Arkansas. He has been involved in the national gun violence prevention movement for 10 years. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface 1.
My Journey to Sanctuary 2.
A Grand Social Experiment 3.
Gun Violence in the United States 4.
The Clery Act 5.
The Profile of Collegiate Homicide in the United States 6.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Matter 7.
The Guns of August 8.
Speak Truth to Power Appendix (by State) Table 1.
Annual statistics Table 2.
Source information Table 3.
Mode of homicide Table 4.
Victims Chapter Notes Bibliography Index