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This powerful retrospective analysis of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting aftermath considers society's response to the attack, long-term implications of the shooting, and the ways in which research and related policy must continue to move forward.
An indispensable resource for anyone interested in learning about the long-term impact of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting,
Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond provides a comprehensive look at how the event unfolded, what has changed since the attack, and how this information can be used to prevent future mass shootings.
Authors Jaclyn Schildkraut and Glenn Muschert, both experts on mass shootings, share their broad understanding of this tragedy and its aftermath. Columbine became the measuring stick against which all other mass shootings would be compared, and this book details with great sensitivity the ensuing changes to school security, law enforcement's response to active shooter situations, threat assessment practices, legislative efforts, and media coverage of unfolding situations. With delicacy and tact, Schildkraut and Muschert help to answer the painful question raised by a stone on the wall of the Columbine Memorial: "What have we learned?".
List of contents
Foreword Frank DeAngelisPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 April 20, 1999
Chapter 2 The Columbine Legacy
Chapter 3 We Interrupt This Program to Bring You Breaking News
Chapter 4 Police Responses, Then and Now
Chapter 5 Piecing Together the Past
Chapter 6 Securing Our Nation's Schools
Chapter 7 An Outcry for Change
Chapter 8 The (Failed) Firestorm of Legislation
Chapter 9 The Larger Community Footprint
Chapter 10 The Infamy of the Shooters
Chapter 11 Profiling School and Mass Shooters
Chapter 12 A Piece of Popular Culture History
Chapter 13 Moving Beyond the Columbine Effect
ReferencesIndex
About the author
Jaclyn Schildkraut is associate professor of criminal justice at the State University of New York at Oswego (NY), USA. She is coauthor of Mass Shootings: Media, Myths, and Realities.
