Guns and college homicide : the case to prohibit firearms on campus / Stephen K. Boss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boss, Stephen K., 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campus violence--United States.

Campus violence.

School shootings--United States.

School shootings.

Gun control--United States.

Gun control.

United States.

Universities and colleges--Security measures--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--Security measures.

Homicide--United States.

Homicide.

Firearms and crime--United States.

Firearms and crime.

Physical Description:

v, 256 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"At a time when mass shootings in schools and other public spaces have become commonplace, it might seem surprising that American college campuses are not magnets for murderers but sanctuaries from them. Due to remarkably effective gun-safe policies, deaths by firearms on college campuses are 1,000 times less frequent than in the U.S. public at large"-- Provided by publisher.

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version : Boss, Stephen K. Guns and College Homicide.

ISBN:

9781476676098

1476676097

OCLC:

1078967168