The ‘Dunblane massacre’ as a ‘photosensitive plate’

This article seeks to understand the mass murders that took place at Dunblane in 1996 and to consider if we might see aspects of this mass shooting as prophetic of other mass murders, such as those that took place at Columbine, Sandy Hook and on Utoya Island. It does this by using what we describe a...

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Published inCrime, media, culture Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 55 - 68
Main Authors Wilson, David, Yardley, Elizabeth, Pemberton, Sarah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2017
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Autopsy
British history
Criminology
Mass murders
Massacres
Shooting
United Kingdom > UK
Scotland
Dunblane Scotland
Thomas Hamilton
Dunblane
mass murder
Criminological autopsy
criminological silences
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Summary:This article seeks to understand the mass murders that took place at Dunblane in 1996 and to consider if we might see aspects of this mass shooting as prophetic of other mass murders, such as those that took place at Columbine, Sandy Hook and on Utoya Island. It does this by using what we describe as a ‘criminological autopsy’ about the shootings and, in doing so, considers why this mass murder – still the worst in British history – has rarely been considered within criminology.
ISSN:1741-6590
1741-6604
DOI:10.1177/1741659016644842