Tragedy in Aurora - The Culture of Mass Shootings in America

Tragedy in Aurora is the story of Jessica Ghawi, who was murdered in a public mass shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colorado in 2012. The book argues that America is at a crossroads of cultural definition. It examines America's culture war over gun control.

About the author

Tom Diaz is a retired lawyer, former journalist, writer, and gun owner who has authored a number of non-fiction books, monographs and articles about crime, terrorism, and firearms. He has been a guest on CNN, HLN, MSNBC, NPR, and other national and foreign news media. Diaz is the author of Making a Killing: The Business of Guns in America (1999), Lightning Out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil (with Barbara Newman) (2005), No Boundaries-Transnational Latino Gangs and American Law Enforcement (2009), and The Last Gun: How Changes in the Gun Industry Are Killing Americans and What It Will Take to Stop It (2013). He was Democratic counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice from 1993 to 1997, where his specialties included terrorism and firearms regulation. He was senior policy analyst at a Washington-based gun violence reduction organization from 1997 to 2012.

Summary

Tragedy in Aurora is the story of Jessica Ghawi, who was murdered in a public mass shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colorado in 2012. The book argues that America is at a crossroads of cultural definition. It examines America’s culture war over gun control.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Diaz, Diaz Tom
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781538166772
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6677-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Assisted by: Lonnie Phillips
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Colorado, True Crime, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, TRUE CRIME / Murder / Mass Murder, Violence in society, Central / national / federal government policies, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Violence and abuse in society, Central government policies, True crime: serial killers and murderers