Overview
- Fills the gap in the global data and knowledge on mass shootings in Central and Eastern Europe
- Presents the first in-depth examination of mass shootings in Central and Eastern Europe
- Compares the underlying differences and similarities between Central and Eastern European and American mass shootings
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society (PSRCS)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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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 mass shooting occurrences. It uses in-depth qualitative analysis to examine select case studies in one chapter, followed by a chapter which uses quantitative methods to identify trends across a wider set of cases and to test the theoretically-driven hypotheses. This data is then compared with data in the US. This book draws on a wide range of media, forensic and court reports and provides methodological insights and discussions of future trends including the potential incidental increase of mass shootings in these regions. It also engages in recent public policy debates pertaining to firearm ownership and regulation.
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Book Title: Mass Shootings in Central and Eastern Europe
Authors: Alexei Anisin
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89373-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89372-9Published: 18 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-89375-0Published: 19 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-89373-6Published: 17 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2946-2517
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 169
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Crime Control and Security, Criminological Theory, Criminal Behavior, Terrorism and Political Violence, Public Policy