Triggering Mass Murder by Firearms: Masculinity, Gender-Based Violence, and Interlocking Systems of Power.
In the United States, there is a moral panic about mass murder – a phenomenon representing a very small percentage of all homicides – committed by strangers in public spaces (e.g., school shootings, concert killings, church slayings, movie theater massacres, etc.). While such devastating events do o...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 91; no. 6; pp. 1 - 21 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2025
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