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050 00 $aLB3013.32$b.F37 2008
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100 1 $aFast, Jonathan.
245 10 $aCeremonial violence :$ba psychological explanation of school shootings /$cJonathan Fast.
246 30 $aPsychological explanation of school shootings
246 30 $aSchool shootings
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aWoodstock, NY :$bOverlook Press,$c2008.
300 $a333 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [252]-327) and index.
505 0 $aAn overview -- Case 2: Brenda Spencer : conduct disorder, malignant narcissism, brain damage and disinhibition -- Case 4: Wayne Lo : identity confusion, cycle of violence -- Case 8: Evan Ramsey : childhood abuse, environmental stressors (the school system from hell), parental alcoholism & foster care, impulsove anger -- Case 9: Luke Woodham : socialization into extreme violence -- Case 13: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold : events leading to the Columbine shooting : stigma, relocation stress -- Case 13: the shooting and the aftermath: grieving, memorializing -- Reducing the incidence of SR shootings and school violence.
520 $aCeremonial Violence analyzes the Columbine high school shooting and four other cases and explains for the first time why teenagers commit school rampage shootings. With his grasp of the elements of abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, sociology, and neurology that contribute to the homicidal mindset, Fast offers us a means of understanding and coming to terms with these tragedies.--From publisher description.
650 0 $aSchool violence$zUnited States$xPsychological aspects$vCase studies.
650 0 $aYouth and violence$zUnited States$vCase studies.
650 0 $aSchool shootings$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aColumbine High School Massacre, Littleton, Colo., 1999.