The Psychology of Gun Violence: How Smart Choices Can Save Lives - Hardcover

by Janet Shibley Hyde (Author)

Leading psychologist Dr. Janet Shibley Hyde shows that in order to bring the epidemic of gun violence under control, we must first understand the psychology of gun ownership, mass shootings, and gun culture in America.

Author Biography

Dr. Janet Shibley Hyde is Professor Emerit of Psychology and Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. She has studied human development and socialization in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood as a developmental psychologist. Hyde is the winner of the Association for Psychological Science's prestigious James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for lifetime achievements in research addressing a critical problem in society. An invited participant in Congressional briefings, Dr. Hyde has been interviewed on The Today Show, Good Morning America, National Public Radio, ABC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CBC (Canada), and BBC Radio: Science in Action. She is the author of two highly successful undergraduate textbooks, The Psychology of Women and Gender and Understanding Human Sexuality.