After the bloodbath : is healing possible in the wake of rampage shootings? / James D. Diamond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diamond, James D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass shootings--United States.

Mass shootings.

Indians of North America--Violence against.

Indians of North America.

Indian reservations--United States.

Indian reservations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2020]

Summary:

As violence in the United States seems to become increasingly more commonplace, the question of how communities reset after unprecedented violence also grows in significance. After the Bloodbath examines this quandary, producing insights linking rampage shootings and communal responses in the United States. Diamond, who was a leading attorney in the community where the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy occurred, focuses on three well-known shootings and a fourth shooting that occurred on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota. The book looks to the roots of Indigenous approaches to crime, identifying an institutional weakness in the Anglo judicial model, and explores adapting Indigenous practices that contribute to healing following heinous criminal behavior. Emerging from the history of Indigenous dispute resolution is a spotlight turned on to restorative justice, a subject no author has discussed to date in the context of mass shootings. Diamond ultimately leads the reader to a positive road forward focusing on insightful steps people can take after a rampage shooting to help their wounded communities heal.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Counting victims

Rampage murders

When mass shootings occurs on indian reservations : studies in contrast

The typical aftermath of rampage murder : the outpouring of anger at the parents and family members

Restorative justice in indigenous cultures

Forgiveness

Restorative justice and therapeutic jurisprudence today : how much can be borrowed?

A time to heal : Recommendations for a way forward

Concluding thoughts : life in the age of uneasy street

Appendix I victims of mass shootings

Appendix II Mass shootings in the U.S., 1982-2016

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-373-X

1-60917-610-3