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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826050403321

Titolo

Deadly lessons : understanding lethal school violence : case studies of School Violence Committee / / Mark H. Moore ... [et al.], editors ; Committee on Law and Justice and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2003

ISBN

0-309-16956-9

1-280-20963-1

9786610209637

0-309-50082-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MooreMark Harrison

Disciplina

371.7/82/0973

Soggetti

School violence - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.