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Mass Shootings: Aan International Perspective

Mass Shootings: Aan International Perspective

Kevin Angelo Brown
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781799801139|ISBN10: 1799801136|EISBN13: 9781799801146
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0113-9.ch004
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Brown, Kevin Angelo. "Mass Shootings: Aan International Perspective." Handbook of Research on Mass Shootings and Multiple Victim Violence, edited by Gordon A. Crews, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 56-73. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0113-9.ch004

APA

Brown, K. A. (2020). Mass Shootings: Aan International Perspective. In G. Crews (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Mass Shootings and Multiple Victim Violence (pp. 56-73). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0113-9.ch004

Chicago

Brown, Kevin Angelo. "Mass Shootings: Aan International Perspective." In Handbook of Research on Mass Shootings and Multiple Victim Violence, edited by Gordon A. Crews, 56-73. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0113-9.ch004

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Abstract

Understanding the international perspective discerning mass shootings is complicated and difficult to understand due to the lack of complete data. The problem that the world is facing with mass shootings in the last couple of decades is a fairly new phenomenon that has been a common topic in the news and media. Mass shootings that have cost the lives of dozens of people per event has been due to a variety of reasons including drug markets, terrorism, mentally unstable individuals, availability of firearms, ethnic and religious tensions, and much more. The impact of mass shootings is vast including mental health trauma for survivors and their families, change in public policy, cost of billions of dollars, the cost of human life, and much more. These shootings vary widely throughout countries and regions in each country. The chapter focuses on specific nations throughout the world, common firearms involved in the shootings, the environments in which these shootings take place, the characteristics of the shooter and much more.

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