Homeland insecurity: terrorism, mass shootings, and the public

"In this book, Ann Gordon and Kai Hamilton Gentry expertly illuminate how the public has a role to play in ensuring its own security. Recent terror attacks and mass shootings in the United States have added urgency to the need for research on terrorism, the public's understanding of the pr...

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Main Author: Gordon, Ann (Author)
Contributors: Gentry, Kai Hamilton
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York London Routledge 2021
In:Year: 2021
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Conspiracy Theories > United States
EMERGENCY management > United States > Citizen participation
Mass shootings > United States > Prevention
Terrorism > United States > Prevention > Citizen participation
USA > Terrorismus > Amok > Massenmord > Schusswaffe > Kriminalitätsfurcht > Öffentlichkeit
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 1745374310
Erscheint auch als: 1759183903
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Summary:"In this book, Ann Gordon and Kai Hamilton Gentry expertly illuminate how the public has a role to play in ensuring its own security. Recent terror attacks and mass shootings in the United States have added urgency to the need for research on terrorism, the public's understanding of the precursors of terrorism and public preparedness for mass shootings and acts of terror. Unfortunately, most Americans do not understand what constitutes suspicious behavior or how to report it. Even more alarmingly, the public does not know what to do in the event of terrorist attack or mass casualty incident. Drawing on five years of the Chapman Survey of American Fears (CSAF), a nationally representative survey, and real-world events, Homeland InSecurity offers actionable solutions on how to educate the public to overcome fear and play an active role securing schools, public venues and the homeland itself. The book addresses proposals by survivors and victims' families to reduce violence through campaigns to deny shooters the notoriety they seek and reduce access to guns. It also explores the rise of activism among survivors of school shootings and their quest to educate the public and end school shootings. Homeland InSecurity will be essential for scholars, students, and policy makers"--
Physical Description:107 Seiten
ISBN:9780367859251
0367859254