Why kids kill : inside the minds of school shooters
Record details
- ISBN: 0230608027
- ISBN: 9780230608023
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Physical Description:
xii, 231 p. ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-225) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | [Introduction:] School shooters: beyond the sound bite -- [pt. 1] Psychopathic Shooters. "I am the law": two psychopaths -- [pt. 2] Psychotic shooters. "A god of sadness": a schizotypal youth -- "None of this is real": four schizophrenics -- [pt. 3] Traumatized shooters. "Every man's nightmare": three traumatized children -- [pt. 4] The bigger picture. Beyond the typology -- Kids caught in the nick of time -- What can be done to prevent school shootings. |
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Subject: | School shootings -- United States Violence -- United States Violence in adolescence -- United States School violence -- United States Youth and violence -- United States |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Interurban Library | HQ 799.2 V56 L365 2009 (Text) | 26040002842496 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
More information
- McMillan Palgrave
Ten years after the school massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, school shootings are a new and alarming epidemic. While sociologists have attributed the trigger of violence to peer pressure, such as bullying and social isolation, prominent psychologist Peter Langman, argues here that psychological causes are responsible.
Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience, Langman offers surprising reasons for why some teens become violent. Langman divides shooters into three categories, and he discusses the role of personality, trauma, and psychosis among school shooters.
From examining the material evidence of notorious school shooters at Columbine and Virginia Tech to addressing the mental states of the violent youths he treats, Langman shows how to identify early signs of homicide-prone youth and what preventive measures educators, parents and communities can take to protect themselves from the tragedy.