This book examines mass shootings and attempted shootings that occurred across 16 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, known as post-communist states. This region of the world has been described by social scientists as possessing specific social, cultural, and political characteristics which may mean that mass shootings in this part of the world are driven by distinct causal factors in comparison to those in North America and elsewhere. This book explores trends and patterns that underpin cases in this under-explored region and tests whether Cumulative Strain Theory can account for...
This book examines mass shootings and attempted shootings that occurred across 16 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, known as post-communist st...
Mass shootings are playing a role in contributing to a historically unprecedented increase in gun purchases and a theoretical framework to account this increase, identifies causal pathways and mechanisms, then tests these claims on 213 cases and finds support for associations between different types of mass shootings and background checks.
Mass shootings are playing a role in contributing to a historically unprecedented increase in gun purchases and a theoretical framework to account thi...