Handbook on gun violence and society / edited by Peter Squires (professor [emeritus] in criminology and public policy, University of Brighton, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Squires, Peter, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms and crime--Social aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Firearms and crime.

Violence--Social aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Violence.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This timely Handbook presents new insights and diverse perspectives on gun violence and the consequences of increased indiscriminate civilian firearm ownership. Expert contributors challenge the positivist and partisan paradigm of gun violence and firearm supply, arguing for drastically revised policy approaches. Using analyses from across the social sciences including race and gender studies, victimology, psychology and anthropology, chapters interrogate a wide range of global, historical and regional dilemmas surrounding gun violence and society. Contributors examine the rapid development of social and technological innovation in gun production, supply and criminal misuse. Bringing together new empirical research with fresh academic insights, this Handbook sheds light on novel ways of understanding, investigating and preventing the gun violence that claims over 600 lives each day. This Handbook is an insightful read for scholars and students in criminology, sociology, social policy and law, especially gun violence researchers. It is also a valuable resource for professionals and practitioners involved in gun violence and arms control, including activists, lobbyists, police and security personnel"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: List of contributors

1. Introduction: Gun proliferation, society, firearm-enabled violence and key debates / Peter Squires

Part I: Supply-side issues

2. The role of criminal armourers in illegal firearm supply: A UK perspective / Helen Williamson

3. An evaluation of gun violence, gun homicides and firearm supply in Tobago, the 'capital of paradise' / Wendell C. Wallace

4. The impact of illicit firearms on the convergence of crime and armed violence in post-conflict states / Georgina Sinclair, Rohan Burdett and Martin Verrier

Part II: Comparative questions

5. Comparative perspectives on firearm death and injury: The US, Canada, the UK, and Australia / Wendy Cukier and Vivien Leung

6. The ambivalence asymmetry: Comparing the heterogeneity of gun attitudes between gun control supporters and opponents / Harel Shapira, Ken-Hou Lin, Patrick Sheehan and Chen Liang

7. A comparative analysis of US and Central and Eastern European gun regulations / Alexei Anisin

8. Authorizing murder: Understanding the effects of Brazil's gun control reforms on criminal groups and far-right militants / Gabriel Funari and Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti

Part III: Gender matters

9. Purchasing power? Women, violence and the US firearms market / Peter Squires

10. Man with a gun: Masculinities, firearms and violence in global context / Tatiana Moura and Gary Barker

11. Firearms and violence against women and girls / Sarah Watson

12. Protecting the narrative: The NRA's strategic inclusion of black women in gun culture / Mary Kettering

Part IV: Living with guns and violence

13. This is (not) a drill: Active shooter classroom drills and affect theory / Charles Fruehling Springwood and Irving Epstein

14. Safe spaces or armed assemblies? How gun shows operate in the state of Indiana / Callie Cleckner

15. Unsafe, uncertain or uneasy? Complex correlates of firearm attitudes and behaviours in the United States / Tara D. Warner

16. Mass shootings in the United States / Frederic Lemieux

17. Caged birds and wandering stars: A medical anthropology of gunshot wounds, retained bullets, and paralysis / Jason Pribilsky

18. Covering massacres, the fog of war and Nazi zombies: A novel methodological approach to reporting gun violence / Iain Overton

Part V: Enforcement questions and gun controls

19. Firearms marketing, police carbines, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police / R. Blake Brown

20. Policing firearms: The evolution of tactics and strategies / Simon Sneddon and Simon Feist

21. Responding to the threat of 'ghost guns' and illicit firearm and ammunition manufacture / Rachel S. Bolton-King and Helen Poole

22. Exploring new methodologies to improve the understanding of gun violence: The case of artificial intelligence - the gunviolence.eu incident monitor / Astrid de Schutter, Diederik Cops, Tom De Smedt and Nils Duquet.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035325207 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.