Sociology is the study of human behavior by looking at external influences that have happen to shaped an individual. Using a sociological perspective such as functionalism, conflict theory, helps to answer questions after a mass shooting. Such as why and what would drive someone to commit a mass shooting. Let’s start with the definition of a mass shooting as the murder of four or more victims in a signal episode (Mass Shooting in America). There are four types of perspectives that can help explain a mass shooting such as functionalism, feminism theory, conflict theory, and symbolic interaction. Examining a functionalism point of view would be looking at patterns of society on macro level. A good way to think of functionalism is like a body
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Take the example of a mass shooting, yes a mass shooting is a devastating loss of life and it directly impacts the families. However, think what comes from it, for example social change in our attitudes towards the mental ill and gun control; and how it creates a tighter group cohesion of the community. When thinking of symbolic interactionism, it takes a closer look at how people use symbols to share their views of the world. Symbolic interactions focus on a series of face to face interaction. A mass shooting in context of symbolic interactionism looks at human behavior and what external influences drove the individual to commit the act of violence. In other words, violence is not something you are born with but rather learned though personal experiences. In this paper I will be giving a literature review of two different studies, the first article looks at the misconceptions that associate with mass shootings. The second article is from the FBI crime statistics page online. The article contains statistics that have been collected on active shooters between …show more content…
After the Sandy Hook (2013) shooting the National Rifle Association suggested that every school in America no matter the size have armed guards. Looking the enrollment size of a school with less than three hundred people about twenty-three percent of schools had security guards or sworn in officers in (2005-2006) school year; and about twenty-seven point six percent in (2007-2008) and the number goes down to twenty-five percent in (2009-2010) school year. When the enrollment size increases to 300-499 students, the same pattern occurs with a school enrollment size 300 or less. In the school year 2005-2006 about thirty percent of schools had security guards or sworn in officers. In the school year 2007-2008 the number increases to thirty-six percent of school nation wide having armed personnel in schools. In the school year 2009-2010 there was a decrease of schools having security guards, or sworn in officers to about thirty-three percent. With an enrollment of 500 -999 students the percent of armed guards or sworn in police officers increases from fifty percent in 2005-2006 to fifty-three percent in 2007-2008, then decreases in 2009-20019 to forty-seven percent. When the enrollment is 1,000 or higher the percentage of schools with security guards or sworn in police officers stayed within a small range. In 2005-2006 about eighty-seven percent, in 2007-2008
Take the example of a mass shooting, yes a mass shooting is a devastating loss of life and it directly impacts the families. However, think what comes from it, for example social change in our attitudes towards the mental ill and gun control; and how it creates a tighter group cohesion of the community. When thinking of symbolic interactionism, it takes a closer look at how people use symbols to share their views of the world. Symbolic interactions focus on a series of face to face interaction. A mass shooting in context of symbolic interactionism looks at human behavior and what external influences drove the individual to commit the act of violence. In other words, violence is not something you are born with but rather learned though personal experiences. In this paper I will be giving a literature review of two different studies, the first article looks at the misconceptions that associate with mass shootings. The second article is from the FBI crime statistics page online. The article contains statistics that have been collected on active shooters between …show more content…
After the Sandy Hook (2013) shooting the National Rifle Association suggested that every school in America no matter the size have armed guards. Looking the enrollment size of a school with less than three hundred people about twenty-three percent of schools had security guards or sworn in officers in (2005-2006) school year; and about twenty-seven point six percent in (2007-2008) and the number goes down to twenty-five percent in (2009-2010) school year. When the enrollment size increases to 300-499 students, the same pattern occurs with a school enrollment size 300 or less. In the school year 2005-2006 about thirty percent of schools had security guards or sworn in officers. In the school year 2007-2008 the number increases to thirty-six percent of school nation wide having armed personnel in schools. In the school year 2009-2010 there was a decrease of schools having security guards, or sworn in officers to about thirty-three percent. With an enrollment of 500 -999 students the percent of armed guards or sworn in police officers increases from fifty percent in 2005-2006 to fifty-three percent in 2007-2008, then decreases in 2009-20019 to forty-seven percent. When the enrollment is 1,000 or higher the percentage of schools with security guards or sworn in police officers stayed within a small range. In 2005-2006 about eighty-seven percent, in 2007-2008