Book Review: The Oxford Handbook of US Environmental Policy
broad focus and contains chapters about reasons behind the shootings, for example, mental health issues (Schildkraut and Muschert) gender and school shootings (Kellner) and the role of alienation (Worrell) The latter part of the book focuses on the correlation between gun ownership and support for the death penalty (Young) the cultural mythology of gun ownership (Welch) and police attitudes towards gun policy (Carlson) The editors attempt to be objective in their treatment of this highly controversial topic. They are mostly successful as a few chapters include arguments from both a pro gun control stance and the National Rifle Association stance. However, most chapters are more focused on positive effects of enhanced gun control measures. There are some weaknesses, as is common in edited volumes, with chapters of varying quality, and there is a focus on school shootings. The chapter by Schildkraut and Muschert relies heavily on quotes, yet page numbers are not provided for the quotes. It is a strength that chapters range from political theory approaches to quantitative approaches to gun violence. This book provides a good introduction to reasons behind (mass) gun violence and the gun control debate in the United States. The book would have benefited from a chapter about the role of the second amendment and one about the role of the judiciary, since both are prevalent in the gun control debate in the United States.