- 401 pages
- English
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About this book
The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nations schools. This dramatic example signaled an implicit and growing fear that these events would continue to occur"e;and even escalate in scale and severity.How do we make sense of the tragedy of a school shooting or even draw objective conclusions from these incidents? Deadly Lessons is the outcome of the National Research Councils unique effort to glean lessons from six case studies of lethal student violence. These are powerful stories of parents and teachers and troubled youths, presenting the tragic complexity of the young shooters social and personal circumstances in rich detail.The cases point to possible causes of violence and suggest where interventions may be most effective. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the potential threat, how violence might be prevented, and how healing might be promoted in affected communities.For each case study, Deadly Lessons relates events leading up to the violence, provides quotes from personal interviews about the incident, and explores the impact on the community. The case studies center on: Two separate incidents in East New York in which three students were killed and a teacher was seriously wounded.A shooting on the south side of Chicago in which one youth was killed and two wounded.A shooting into a prayer group at a Kentucky high school in which three students were killed.The killing of four students and a teacher and the wounding of 10 others at an Arkansas middle school.The shooting of a popular science teacher by a teenager in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.A suspected copycat of Columbine in which six students were wounded in GeorgiaFor everyone who puzzles over these terrible incidents, Deadly Lessons offers a fresh perspective on the most fundamental of questions: Why?
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Table of contents
- 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 York
- 8 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