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Deadly lessons : understanding lethal school violence : case studies of School Violence Committee /

This book presents six case studies of student-perpetrated school shootings and discusses possible effective interventions. Between 1992 and 2001, 35 incidents occurred in which students started firing at schoolmates and teachers at their school or at a school-sponsored event. These incidents, inclu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Case Studies of School Violence Committee, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Law and Justice, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Otros Autores: Moore, Mark Harrison
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Copycat Factor: Mental Illness, Guns, and the Shooting Incident at Heritage High School, Rockdale County, Georgia
  • 3 Bad Things Happen in Good Communities: The Rampage Shooting in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, and Its Aftermath
  • 4 A Deadly Partnership: Lethal Violence in an Arkansas Middle School
  • 5 No Exit: Mental Illness, Marginality, and School Violence in West Paducah, Kentucky
  • 6 Shooting at Tilden High: Causes and Consequences
  • 7 What Did Ian Tell God? School Violence in East New York8 A Cross-Case Analysis
  • 9 Lethal School Violence in Statistical Context
  • 10 Literature Review
  • 11 Response Strategies: Observations on Causes, Interventions, and Research
  • Appendix A Case Study Methodology and the Study of Rare Events of Extreme Youth Violence: A Multilevel Framework for Discovery
  • Appendix B Biographical Sketches
  • Index