January 18, 2011
Shootings in Tucson, Arizona
In the News: A gunman opened fire at a “Congress on Your Corner” meeting held in Tucson, Arizona on January 8. Six people were killed and 14 others were wounded. Among those who were shot include Gabrielle Giffords, a United States Congresswoman from Arizona’s Eight District. In the aftermath of the shootings, some of the issues raised include gun control, freedom of speech, mass shootings, and mental health services.
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ABC of Mental Health
Edited by Teifion Davies and Tom Craig. Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books, 2009
Call Number: RA790.5 .A225 2009
April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers
Edited by Roland Lazenby. Plume, 2007
Call Number: HV6534 .B53 A67 2007
Art and Freedom of Speech
By Randall P. Bezanson. University of Illinois Press, 2009
Call Number: KF4770 .B487 2009 (At Jupiter)
Bowling for Columbine (DVD)
Directed by Michael Moore. MGM Home Entertainment, 2003 (released 2002)
Call Number: HV7436 .B59 2003 (Boca Raton Media Center)
Columbine
By Dave Cullen. Twelve, 2009
Call Number: LB3013.33 .C6 C84 2009
Columbine: Understanding Why (DVD)
Produced by Julianne Hill. A&E Home Video, 2002
Call Number: LB3013.33 .C6 C645 2002 (Boca Raton Media Center)
Comprehending Columbine
By Ralph W. Larkin. Temple University Press, 2007
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary, 2007
The Ethics of Labeling in Mental Health
By Kristie Madsen and Peter Leech. McFarland & Co., 2007
Call Number: RC469 .M436 2007
Extreme Speech and Democracy
Edited by Ivan Hare and James Weinstein. Oxford University Press, 2009
Call Number: K3254 .E97 2009 (At Jupiter)
Gag Rule: On Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy
By Lewis H. Lapham. Penguin Press, 2004
Call Number: JC599 .U5 L33 2004
Gun Control: Background, Regulation and Legislation
Edited by William B. Parnell. Nova Science, 2009
Call Number: HV7436 .G864 2009
Gun Crusaders: The NRA’s Culture War
By Scott Melzer. New York University Press, 2009
Call Number: HV7436 .M45 2009
Gun Ownership and the Second Amendment
Edited by Pjeter D. Baldridge. Nova Science Publishers, 2009
Call Number: KF3941 .G86 2009 (At Jupiter)
Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea
By Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson. University of Michigan Press, 2009
Call Number: JC599 .U5 H626 2009
The Insanity Offense: How America’s Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens
By E. Fuller Torrey. W. W. Norton, 2008
Call Number: RC443 .T67 2008
Inside the Minds of Mass Murderers: Why They Kill
By Katherine Ramsland. Praeger Publishers, 2005
Call Number: HV6515 .R253 2005
A Manifesto for Media Freedom
By Brian C. Anderson and Adam D. Thierer. Encounter Books, 2008
Call Number: P95.82 .U6 A53 2008
Massacre at Virginia Tech
Directed by Jonathan Hacker. Filmakers Library, 2008
Call Number: HV6534 .B53 M37 2008 (Boca Raton Media Center)
No Right to Remain Silent: The Tragedy at Virginia Tech
By Lucinda Roy. Harmony Books, 2009
Call Number: HV6534 .B53 R69 2009
Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders among Young People: Progress and Possibilities
National Academies Press, 2009
Call Number: RA790.6 .I57 2009
Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence
By John Monahan et al. Oxford University Press, 2001
Call Number: RC569.5 .V55 R47 2001
Speech Rights in America: The First Amendment, Democracy, and the Media
By Laura Stein. University of Illinois Press, 2008
Call Number: P95.82 .U6 S737 2008