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

2012 ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 224-236
Author(s):  
Amy E. Hurley-Hanson ◽  
Cristina M. Giannantonio

Author(s):  
Avi Brisman

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.


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Wombacher ◽  
Emina Herovic ◽  
Timothy L. Sellnow ◽  
Matthew W. Seeger

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-450
Author(s):  
Paul DiLeo ◽  
Michael Rowe ◽  
Barbara Bugella ◽  
Lauren Siembab ◽  
James Siemianowski ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M Shultz ◽  
Glenn W Muschert ◽  
Alison Dingwall ◽  
Alyssa M Cohen

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (04) ◽  
pp. 903-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon C. Rogowski ◽  
Patrick D. Tucker

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.


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