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 | 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...