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Why kids kill : inside the minds of school shooters
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Why kids kill : inside the minds of school shooters

Author: Peter F Langman
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1. ed
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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  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Peter F Langman
ISBN: 0230608027 9780230608023
OCLC Number: 488355452
Awards: Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2009.
Description: xii, 231 s. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction Acknowledgments School Shooters: Beyond the Sound Bite Psychopathic Shooters 'I Am the Law': Two Psychopathic Shooters Psychotic Shooters 'A God of Sadness': A Schizotypal Shooter 'None of This is Real': Four Schizophrenic Shooters Traumatized Shooters 'Every Man's Nightmare': Three Traumatized Shooters The Bigger Picture Comparing the Perpetrators Kids Caught in the Nick of Time What Can Be Done: Preventing School Shootings Notes Bibliography
Responsibility: Peter Langman.
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CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 '...insightful psychological profiles.' - USA Today 'Each case study is written in a thoughtful and reflective way and [Langman] uses psychological insights Read more...

 
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