by David Yamane | Aug 5, 2021 | Craig Douglas, police, race, Sociology of Guns Seminar, use of force
Questions and controversies around police use of force are not new, but have been animated by a spate of high profile cases in recent years resulting in the death of black Americans, including Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Alton Sterling,...
by David Yamane | Aug 4, 2021 | crime, homicide, injury, Sociology of Guns Seminar
I include the modifier “criminal” here, because descriptively homicide means causing the death of another person. This would include legally justifiable killing (e.g., in self-defense). Some who study “gun violence” actually do not distinguish...
by David Yamane | Aug 4, 2021 | crime, homicide, injury, Sociology of Guns Seminar
I include the modifier “criminal” here, because descriptively homicide means causing the death of another person. This would include legally justifiable killing (e.g., in self-defense). Some who study “gun violence” actually do not distinguish...
by David Yamane | Aug 3, 2021 | Data, gun violence prevention, Ted Alcorn
I recently Tweeted for help finding some articles for my Sociology of Guns seminar. Among those who Tweeted back was Ted Alcorn, the founding Director of Research at Everytown for Gun Safety who currently teaches a course called “Gun Violence in the United...
by David Yamane | Aug 3, 2021 | gun rights, injury, Rob Pincus, Sociology of Guns Seminar, suicide
With Module 8 the course shifts its attention to what could generally be called negative outcomes with firearms: injury and death, both suicide (Module 8) and homicide (Module 9), as well as issues surrounding police use of force (Module 10). I am particularly...
