Gun Violence in American Society

Lisa A. Eargle is a Board of Trustees Research Scholar, Professor and Chair ofSociology at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC. Her research focuses upon the areas of disasters and crime. Dr. Eargle is the co-editor of Black Beaches And Bayous: The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster (UPA, 2012) and Savage Sand And Surf: the Hurricane Sandy Disaster (UPA, 2015).Ashraf Esmail is the Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program at Dillard University in New Orleans. His research focuses upon a variety of criminological, educational, and multicultural issues. Dr. Esmail serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association for Peace/Anti-Violence Education and is the senior editor for the Journal of Education and Social Justice.

• FiguresTablesForeword by Dr. Raymond M. Delaney, Jr. Preface by Dr. Lisa A. Eargle and Dr. Ashraf EsmailAcknowledgmentsChapter One: Piercing the Silence: An Overview of Gun Violence: Patterns, Profits, Protections and PoliciesLisa A. Eargle and Ashraf EsmailChapter Two: Shattered Self-Images: Narcissism, Egotistical Suicide and School ShootersSelina Doran and Mary Ann O’GradyChapter Three: From Egotistical and Anomic Suicide to Egotistical And Anomic Homicide: Explaining The Aurora, Colorado Mass Shooting Using Durkheim, Merton and AgnewDinur Blum and Christian G. JaworskiChapter Four: School Shooters: The Progression From Social Rejection to Mass MurderMartha Smithey Chapter Five: Institutional Correlates of Intimate Partner Gun HomicidesSheryl L. Van HorneChapter Six: (Il)legal Guns and Homicide: A Case Study of New OrleansJessica M. Doucet, Julia D’Antonio-Del Rio, and Chantel D. ChauvinChapter Seven: Do Firearms and Other Weapons Increase the Odds of Injury Du

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