Gun Violence
In December of 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT became just the most recent name to be added to the list of schools now infamous for the terrible tragedies to occur within. While it may on one level be anecdotal rather than statistical in nature, the school shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and 6 adults in Sandy Hook seems to represent a trend of growing visibility for deadly gun-related violence in schools. It also highlights an interesting dichotomy as we attempt to understand the implications of gun violence in schools, both as a chronic issue in urban or inner-city settings an as a perhaps less chronic but more salient issue in suburban schools. The research proposed here will attempt to discern the implications of gun violence in both of these contexts, broadening the discussion on gun violence in schools to include consideration of the distinctions between urban and suburban experiences. It is presumed that while incidences of greater tragic magnitude seem largely to occur in suburban public education facilities, these wholesale massacres may undermine awareness of the more common daily risk of gun violence in our inner-cities.
Literature Review:
Before proceeding to a research endeavor that would attempt to determine the proportion of gun violence in urban vs. suburban settings, it is necessary to consult some of the research and literature which are available on the subject. Here, an extensive body of work has been composed over the last decade and a half, largely in response to a number of high-profile school shooting incidences beginning with the Columbine shootings in 1999.
Literature Review:
The text by Welch (2013) identifies gun violence as a pubic health issue. Raising the relevance of shootings at Newtown, in an Aurora, Illinois movie theatre and at Virginia Tech, the article provides the present research with a grounding in the regulatory discussion. Especially in the wake of Newtown, efforts at driving strong gun control legislation have produced a sharp cultural and ideological divide in the United States. The article contributes recognition of this debate to the present research endeavor. Consequently, its most important role to our research is its insistence that rational and collaborative efforts between two sharply divided sides may bring about the legislative change necessary to draw down...
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