Reacting to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

As of June 2020, there have been at least 2,540 mass shootings since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT, on December 14, 2012. Some have suggested that the repeated trauma of these massacres has created a collective “emotional numbness,” lessening our empathy. This article asks whether a similar phenomenon is occurring with respect to environmental crime and harm. It considers whether we have developed “compassion fatigue” regarding environmental violence and contemplates a “workout regimen” for empathy for Gaia’s suffering. In so doing, it seeks to engage with emerging work in the penumbra of narrative criminology and green cultural criminology.

The complexities of place in crisis renewal discourse: A case study of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management ◽

10.1111/1468-5973.12186 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 164-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Kevin Wombacher ◽

Emina Herovic ◽

Timothy L. Sellnow ◽

Matthew W. Seeger

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

School Shooting ◽

The 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting: Connecticut’s department of mental health crisis response

Journal of School Violence ◽

10.1080/15388220.2017.1387129 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 443-450

Author(s):

Paul DiLeo ◽

Michael Rowe ◽

Barbara Bugella ◽

Lauren Siembab ◽

James Siemianowski ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Elementary School ◽

Crisis Response ◽

School Shooting ◽

Mental Health Crisis ◽

Health Crisis ◽

The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as tipping point

Disaster Health ◽

10.4161/dish.27113 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 65-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

James M Shultz ◽

Glenn W Muschert ◽

Alison Dingwall ◽

Alyssa M Cohen

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Tipping Point ◽

School Shooting ◽

Reacting to the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e513042013-003 ◽

2013 ◽

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

School Shooting ◽

The Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings

Extreme Leadership ◽

10.4337/9781781002124.00027 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 224-236

Author(s):

Amy E. Hurley-Hanson ◽

Cristina M. Giannantonio

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

School Shootings ◽

Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to Teachers, Principals, and School Administrators in the Aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e684862012-001 ◽

2012 ◽

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

School Administrators ◽

School Shootings ◽

Critical Events and Attitude Change: Support for Gun Control After Mass Shootings

Political Science Research and Methods ◽

10.1017/psrm.2018.21 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (04) ◽

pp. 903-911 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jon C. Rogowski ◽

Patrick D. Tucker

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Attitude Change ◽

Public Policies ◽

Gun Control ◽

Critical Events ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Political Opportunities ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

When and to what extent do crises and significant events induce changes in political attitudes? Theories of public opinion and policymaking predict that major events restructure public opinion and pry open new political opportunities. We examine the effect of major events on support for public policies in the context of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in December 2012 using a nationally representative panel survey of US adults. Across both cross-sectional and within-subject analyses, we find no evidence that Americans granted greater support for gun control after the Sandy Hook shooting. Our null findings persist across a range of political and demographic groups. We also find no evidence of attitude polarization as a result of Sandy Hook. Our results suggest that elite polarization in a particular issue area leads citizens to employ motivated reasoning when interpreting critical events, thereby reducing the capacity for attitude change. Our findings have important implications for identifying the conditions under which major events affect support for public policies and create political opportunities for policy change.

Firearms and accidental deaths: Evidence from the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting

Science ◽

10.1126/science.aan8179 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 358 (6368) ◽

pp. 1324-1328 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Phillip B. Levine ◽

Robin McKnight

Keyword(s):

School Shooting ◽

Public Opinion About Gun Control Post–Sandy Hook

Criminal Justice Policy Review ◽

10.1177/0887403415577192 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 255-278 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Kevin H. Wozniak

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Cultural Beliefs ◽

Gun Control ◽

Opinion Poll ◽

Control Laws ◽

Background Check ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Mass Shooting ◽

I use data from a national public opinion poll conducted 4 months after the mass shooting of teachers and students in Sandy Hook Elementary School to analyze the content and predictors of public opinion about gun control and gun control politics. I find that a slim majority of Americans favors a semiautomatic weapon ban and proposals to make gun control laws stricter, and a large majority supports a federal background check law. Consistent with previous research, I also find that both instrumental concerns and cultural beliefs are significantly related to people’s opinions about gun control, but the strongest, most consistent predictors of people’s gun control preferences are their political beliefs and affiliations. I conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for the national gun control debate.