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Joanne Belknap
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INSTITUTION: University of Colorado Boulder

BIOGRAPHY

Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado Boulder. Her contributions to SAGE Publication's Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (2009) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (1)
Students walk in a line with hands on each other's shoulders, escorted by armed law enforcement officers in a parking lot outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
School shooting, in the typical case, an event in which a student at an educational institution—an elementary, middle, or high school or a college or university—shoots and injures or kills at least one other student or faculty member on the grounds of that institution. Such incidents usually…
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