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The Violence Project

How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

by Jillian Peterson, James Densley ...

An examination of the phenomenon of mass shootings in America and an urgent call to implement evidence-based strategies to stop these tragedies.“Groundbreaking.” ―Rachel Louise Snyder, bestselling author of No Visible BruisesWinner of the 2022 Minnesota Book AwardUsing data from the writers’ groundbreaking research on mass shooters, including first-person accounts from the perpetrators themselves, ... Read more

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An examination of the phenomenon of mass shootings in America and an urgent call to implement evidence-based strategies to stop these tragedies.“Groundbreaking.” ―Rachel Louise Snyder, bestselling author of No Visible BruisesWinner of the 2022 Minnesota Book AwardUsing data from the writers’ groundbreaking research on mass shooters, including first-person accounts from the perpetrators themselves,
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The Conversation on Guns

Edited by James Densley ...

Series series Critical Conversations
From TheConversation.com, an exploration of the devastating gun violence in the United States—and possible ways to stop it.In The Conversation on Guns, editor James Densley brings together a group of expert scholars to explore the role of guns in US society and the tragic impacts of gun violence. From the many forms of gun violence, to effective and innovative public health and community-led ... Read more

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From TheConversation.com, an exploration of the devastating gun violence in the United States—and possible ways to stop it.In The Conversation on Guns, editor James Densley brings together a group of expert scholars to explore the role of guns in US society and the tragic impacts of gun violence. From the many forms of gun violence, to effective and innovative public health and community-led
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The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society

by John Leverso ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society is the premier reference book on gangs for practitioners, policymakers, students, and scholars. This carefully curated volume contains 43 chapters written by the leading experts in the field, who advance a central theme of "looking back, moving forward" by providing state-of-the-art reviews of the literature they created, shaped, and (re)defined. This ... Read more

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The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society is the premier reference book on gangs for practitioners, policymakers, students, and scholars. This carefully curated volume contains 43 chapters written by the leading experts in the field, who advance a central theme of "looking back, moving forward" by providing state-of-the-art reviews of the literature they created, shaped, and (re)defined. This
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The Violence Project

How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

by Jillian Peterson, James Densley ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

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8 hours 9 min

Using data from groundbreaking research on mass shooters, including direct accounts from the perpetrators themselves, The Violence Project charts new pathways to prevention and innovative ways to stop the social contagion of violence. Peterson and Densley have examined hundreds of data points in the life histories of more than 170 mass shooters, from their childhood and adolescence to their mental ... Read more

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Using data from groundbreaking research on mass shooters, including direct accounts from the perpetrators themselves, The Violence Project charts new pathways to prevention and innovative ways to stop the social contagion of violence. Peterson and Densley have examined hundreds of data points in the life histories of more than 170 mass shooters, from their childhood and adolescence to their mental
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Trigger Points

Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America

by Mark Follman ...

Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

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7 hours 44 min

"An urgent read that illuminates real possibility for change.” —John Carreyrou, New York Times bestselling author of Bad BloodFor the first time, a story about the specialized teams of forensic psychologists, FBI agents, and other experts who are successfully stopping mass shootings—a hopeful, myth-busting narrative built on new details of infamous attacks, never-before-told accounts from ... Read more

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"An urgent read that illuminates real possibility for change.” —John Carreyrou, New York Times bestselling author of Bad BloodFor the first time, a story about the specialized teams of forensic psychologists, FBI agents, and other experts who are successfully stopping mass shootings—a hopeful, myth-busting narrative built on new details of infamous attacks, never-before-told accounts from
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Start Here

A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration

by Greg Berman ...

**As heard on NPR's Fresh AirRecommended by The New York Times' Sam Roberts“Start Here is an urgent and timely primer on the approaches that are working and don’t require federal approval or political revolution to end one of the most pressing justice issues the country faces today.”—Brooklyn Daily EagleA bold agenda for criminal justice reform based on equal parts pragmatism and idealism, from ... Read more

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**As heard on NPR's Fresh AirRecommended by The New York Times' Sam Roberts“Start Here is an urgent and timely primer on the approaches that are working and don’t require federal approval or political revolution to end one of the most pressing justice issues the country faces today.”—Brooklyn Daily EagleA bold agenda for criminal justice reform based on equal parts pragmatism and idealism, from
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What's Prison For?

Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration

by Bill Keller ...

What happens inside our prisons?What’s Prison For? examines the “incarceration” part of “mass incarceration.” What happens inside prisons and jails, where nearly two million Americans are held? Bill Keller, one of America’s most accomplished journalists, has spent years immersed in the subject. He argues that the most important role of prisons is preparing incarcerated people to be good neighbors ... Read more

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What happens inside our prisons?What’s Prison For? examines the “incarceration” part of “mass incarceration.” What happens inside prisons and jails, where nearly two million Americans are held? Bill Keller, one of America’s most accomplished journalists, has spent years immersed in the subject. He argues that the most important role of prisons is preparing incarcerated people to be good neighbors
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How to Solve a Cold Case

And Everything Else You Wanted To Know About Catching Killers

by Michael Arntfield ...

Shortlisted for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book, Crime Writers of Canada AwardsGet inside the mind of an elite cold case investigator and learn how to solve a murder.Despite advances in DNA evidence and forensic analysis, almost half of murder cases in Canada and the US remain unsolved. By 2016, the solved rate had dropped so significantly in the United States that it was ... Read more

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Shortlisted for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book, Crime Writers of Canada AwardsGet inside the mind of an elite cold case investigator and learn how to solve a murder.Despite advances in DNA evidence and forensic analysis, almost half of murder cases in Canada and the US remain unsolved. By 2016, the solved rate had dropped so significantly in the United States that it was
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Torn Apart

How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World

by Dorothy Roberts ...

An award-winning scholar and author of Killing the Black Body exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system“A brilliant and impassioned call for abolition.” —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowMany believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, ... Read more

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An award-winning scholar and author of Killing the Black Body exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system“A brilliant and impassioned call for abolition.” —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowMany believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research,
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Black Disability Politics

by Sami Schalk ...

In Black Disability Politics Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present. Schalk shows how Black people have long engaged with disability as a political issue deeply tied to race and racism. She points out that this work has not been recognized as part of the legacy of disability justice and liberation because ... Read more

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In Black Disability Politics Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present. Schalk shows how Black people have long engaged with disability as a political issue deeply tied to race and racism. She points out that this work has not been recognized as part of the legacy of disability justice and liberation because
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"Prisons Make Us Safer"

And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration

by Victoria Law ...

Series Book 9 - Myths Made in America
An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals.The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners—a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to ... Read more

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An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals.The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners—a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to
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The Gender of Crime

by Dana M. Britton, Shannon K. Jacobsen, Grace E. Howard ...

Series series Gender Lens
The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime—from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The second edition of this award-winning book maintains the accessible, reader-friendly narrative of the first edition with key updates and new material throughout, including increased focus on the intersections of race, class, ... Read more

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The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime—from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The second edition of this award-winning book maintains the accessible, reader-friendly narrative of the first edition with key updates and new material throughout, including increased focus on the intersections of race, class,
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