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After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings

Name: After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings
Brand: University of Virginia Press
SKU: 9780813942223
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Contributors:

Thomas P. Kapsidelis

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

History, Political Science, Education

Book Subcategory:

United States, Political Process, Educational Policy & Reform

Book Topic:

State & Local, Political Advocacy, School Safety

Audience:

Young Adult

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Release Date:

2019-04-16

ISBN 13:

9780813942223

Weight:

1.1 lbs

Size:

9.30 x 9.10 x 0.80 inches

Pages:

272

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In what has become the era of the mass shooting, we are routinely taken to scenes of terrible violence. Often neglected, however, is the long aftermath, including the efforts to effect change in the wake of such tragedies. On April 16, 2007, thirty-two Virginia Tech students and professors were murdered. Then the nation's deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman, the tragedy sparked an international debate on gun culture in the United States and safety on college campuses. Experiencing profound grief and trauma, and struggling to heal both physically and emotionally, many of the survivors from Virginia Tech and their supporters put themselves on the front lines to advocate for change. Yet since that April, large-scale gun violence has continued at a horrifying pace.

In After Virginia Tech, award-winning journalist Thomas Kapsidelis examines the decade after the Virginia Tech massacre through the experiences of survivors and community members who have advocated for reforms in gun safety, campus security, trauma recovery, and mental health. Undaunted by the expansion of gun rights, they have continued their national leadership despite an often-hostile political environment and repeated mass violence. Kapsidelis also focuses on the trauma suffered by police who responded to the shootings, and the work by chaplains and a longtime police officer to create an organization dedicated to recovery. The stories Kapsidelis tells here show how people and communities affected by profound loss ultimately persevere long after the initial glare and attention inevitably fade. Reaching beyond policy implications, After Virginia Tech illuminates personal accounts of recovery and resilience that can offer a ray of hope to millions of Americans concerned about the consequences of gun violence.

About the Author

Thomas Kapsidelis, a fellow at Virginia Humanities, is a freelance journalist who worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch for twenty-eight years.

After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings

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