Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond: Lessons from Tragedy

by Jaclyn Schildkraut, Glenn W. Muschert, Frank DeAngelis (Foreword)

This powerful retrospective analysis of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting aftermath considers society's response to the attack, long-term implications of the shooting, and the ways in which research and related policy must continue to move forward.

An indispensable resource for anyone interested in learning about the long-term impact of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond provides a comprehensive look at how the event unfolded, what has changed since the attack, and how this information can be used to prevent future mass shootings.

Authors Jaclyn Schildkraut and Glenn Muschert, both experts on mass shootings, share their broad understanding of this tragedy and its aftermath. Columbine became the measuring stick against which all other mass shootings would be compared, and this book details with great sensitivity the ensuing changes to school security, law enforcement's response to active shooter situations, threat assessment practices, legislative efforts, and media coverage of unfolding situations. With delicacy and tact, Schildkraut and Muschert help to answer the painful question raised by a stone on the wall of the Columbine "What have we learned?".

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

256 pages, Hardcover

Published January 17, 2019

Reviews

[Adam Murphy]

Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond: Lessons From Tragedy by Jaclyn Schildkraut and Glenn W. Muschert is a fascinating critical retrospective of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. If you were expecting a detailed account of the events before the shooting and/or about the shooting itself, it's not that kind of reading. This book is a comprehensive analysis of the wide-ranging influence of the most notorious school shooting in America for the past two decades. Schildkraut and Muschert document the nation's response to a traumatic event that has continued to shape our culture since April 20th 1999.

Written as if it were a dissertation, this book is very outlined and has references and citations of evidence to back these facts up. With delicacy and tact, Schildkraut and Muschert help answer the painful question raised by a stone on the wall of the Columbine Memorial: "What have we learned?". Its dreadful and heartbreaking aftermath considers society's response to the attack, the long-term implications of the shooting, and how to research and related policy must continue to move forward. We may not find the answers, but at least we can acknowledge the questions.

[Mills College Library]

371.782 S3342 2019