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Virginia Tech:: Make Sure It Doesn't Get Out
Virginia Make Sure It Doesn’t Get Out deals with the massacre at Virginia Tech and those who exploited the shootings for their own ideological and personal reasons. Along with a detailed analysis of the timeline of events, this book examines the motivations and character of the shooter, the lives and hopes of the victims, and the missed opportunities by government and school officials to do something significant to improve campus security and help prevent future school shootings in the wake of the events on April 16, 2007. David Cariens discusses his reasons and motives for writing, the problems the victims’ families have faced and continue to face in their efforts to find the truth, as well as the misconceptions about what actually happened before, during and after the Tech massacre. The book contains a detailed analysis of the Governor’s Review Panel Report and looks at what parents can do to help ensure the safety of their children on our school grounds. Mr. Cariens draws on over 47 years of work in intelligence and crime analysis, over ten years of research and writing on school shootings in Virginia, numerous scholarly works on school safety, personal interviews with victims and their families, and a plethora of news accounts and reactions to the shootings at Virginia Tech. Finally, he brings to the book his personal experience in having lost a family member in a Virginia school shooting. This book is a clarion call for action to stop this nation’s all to frequent school violence.
373 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 28, 2014
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David Cariens
16 books4 followersDavid Cariens is a retired CIA officer. He spent most of his thirty-one years at the Agency as a political analyst dealing with Eastern Europe. In this capacity he wrote for all levels of the U.S. government--from the President to the working level analysts and policymakers.
Dave served as an officer overseas in Eastern Europe and as an editor at the BBC/Foreign Broadcast Information Service facility outside London. He headed the CIA University program to teach new analysts writing and briefing skills. He also served on the CIA's Inspector General’s staff. Cariens currently teaches Intelligence Analysis and Writing for the Intelligence Community. In addition to his work in the U.S., Dave has taught intelligence and crime analysis for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Correctional Service of Canada, and he has taught for the Singapore Police. He served as a member of the Ad-hoc Program Advisory Committee (PAC) relative to the development of the Bachelor of Applied Public Safety (BAPS) - Specialization in Crime and Intelligence Analysis at Seneca College, Toronto, Canada. He teaches a course at the University of Richmond’s Osher Institute entitled, “What Should We Expect From Intelligence.” He is also an adjunct professor in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Homeland Security Department.
His new textbook, “A Handbook for Intelligence and Crime Analysts” is slated for publication in 2015.
Dave is also a victims' rights advocate, working pro bono for the families of the Virginia Tech shootings.
Dave served as an officer overseas in Eastern Europe and as an editor at the BBC/Foreign Broadcast Information Service facility outside London. He headed the CIA University program to teach new analysts writing and briefing skills. He also served on the CIA's Inspector General’s staff. Cariens currently teaches Intelligence Analysis and Writing for the Intelligence Community. In addition to his work in the U.S., Dave has taught intelligence and crime analysis for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Correctional Service of Canada, and he has taught for the Singapore Police. He served as a member of the Ad-hoc Program Advisory Committee (PAC) relative to the development of the Bachelor of Applied Public Safety (BAPS) - Specialization in Crime and Intelligence Analysis at Seneca College, Toronto, Canada. He teaches a course at the University of Richmond’s Osher Institute entitled, “What Should We Expect From Intelligence.” He is also an adjunct professor in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Homeland Security Department.
His new textbook, “A Handbook for Intelligence and Crime Analysts” is slated for publication in 2015.
Dave is also a victims' rights advocate, working pro bono for the families of the Virginia Tech shootings.
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January 30, 2023
This book will and should make you angry. It is a harsh look at the politics and failings of the school not just before and during the shooting but in the aftermath.
I really appreciate the involvement and the respect given to the families during the writing of this book. The book does well in describing who the victims were rather as people, rather than just letting them be nameless byproducts of a world that let them down.
Cariens has his own trauma related to school shootings and it is this that drives the book. He feels what the families of Virginia Tech feels and that gives his writing a whole new layer, rather than just the technicalities and nuances of the law and the fallout.
However, much of this book is repetitive. Cariens will say the same things over and over again to illustrate different points and it does make the book feel much longer than it actually is.
I really appreciate the involvement and the respect given to the families during the writing of this book. The book does well in describing who the victims were rather as people, rather than just letting them be nameless byproducts of a world that let them down.
Cariens has his own trauma related to school shootings and it is this that drives the book. He feels what the families of Virginia Tech feels and that gives his writing a whole new layer, rather than just the technicalities and nuances of the law and the fallout.
However, much of this book is repetitive. Cariens will say the same things over and over again to illustrate different points and it does make the book feel much longer than it actually is.
February 15, 2016
Must read for all citizens of the U.S. .
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