After the Bloodbath

"James D. Diamond’s insightful look at the ripple effect of mass shootings among victims, families, and communities makes a compelling argument for a more family-centered process in the wake of tragedy. After the Bloodshed confirms how all community members are connected following unthinkable human carnage. But this book is more than a thought-provoking treatise using real-life cases from Newtown to a recent Native American tribal shooting. It’s an important manifesto for the way forward as these horrible tragedies seem to be an increasing way of life in America."

—Lee Woodruff, journalist and New York Times best-selling author

"After the Bloodbath is an important and most timely book on a devastating subject that produces not only hope out of despair but also a new approach to healing for those communities that have experienced the trauma of multiple-victim rampage shootings. James D. Diamond finds this approach in the traditions of American Indian tribal communities and their unique responses to mass shootings in their tight-knit and oftentimes impoverished communities. With sensitivity and insight gained from his unique experiences working as a trusted adviser for grieving families in the aftermath of the Newtown murders, we are shown how an indigenous vision of restorative justice at work in American Indian communities can help all of us begin the difficult process of healing and forgiveness in even the most tragic situations we might have to confront in our lives."

—Robert A. Williams Jr., Regents’ Professor, E. Thomas Sullivan Professor of Law, and Faculty Co-chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, University of Arizona