School Shootings International Research, Case Studies, and Concepts
The expert research of School Shootings: International Research, Case Studies, and Concepts for Prevention goes beyond simple "violent teen culture creates violent students" constructs to present current theories and findings, a diverse range of case stud
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Nils Böckler • Thorsten Seeger • Peter Sitzer Wilhelm Heitmeyer Editors
School Shootings International Research, Case Studies, and Concepts for Prevention
Editors Nils Böckler Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence University of Bielefeld Bielefeld, Germany
Thorsten Seeger Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence University of Bielefeld Bielefeld, Germany
Peter Sitzer Faculty of Educational Science and Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence University of Bielefeld Bielefeld, Germany
Wilhelm Heitmeyer Faculty of Educational Science and Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence University of Bielefeld Bielefeld, Germany
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Preface
The subject of this volume is disturbing in several respects. Why do these mostly male adolescents extinguish the lives of others—fellow students, teachers, even police—in so extreme an act of armed violence? Why does this occur in and around an institution that is
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