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Disaster Health. 2013 Nov 11;1(2):65-73. doi: 10.4161/dish.27113. eCollection 2013.

The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as tipping point: "This Time Is Different".

Disaster health

James M Shultz, Glenn W Muschert, Alison Dingwall, Alyssa M Cohen

Affiliations

  1. Center for Disaster & Extreme Event Preparedness (DEEP Center); University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Miami, FL USA.
  2. Department of Sociology and Gerontology; Miami University; Oxford, OH USA.
  3. Social, Behavioral, and Linguistic Sciences Department; The MITRE Corporation; McLean, VA USA.
  4. Cooper City, FL USA.

PMID: 28228989 PMCID: PMC5314926 DOI: 10.4161/dish.27113

Abstract

Among rampage shooting massacres, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 14, 2012 galvanized public attention. In this Commentary we examine the features of this episode of gun violence that has sparked strong reactions and energized discourse that may ultimately lead toward constructive solutions to diminish high rates of firearm deaths and injuries in the United States.

Keywords: Population Exposure Model; firearm homicides; mass shootings; mediatized event; rampage shootings; school shootings; shooting massacres; social media

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