Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters

ISBN-13: 9780230101487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str.

Peter Langman

Opis

In the horrific aftermath of school shootings, distraught communities struggle to make sense of these seemingly senseless acts. Despite massive media coverage, we know little about what drives young perpetrators or how they rationalize their acts. In this breakthrough analysis, Dr. Peter Langman presents the psychological causes of school shootings and offers unprecedented insight into why certain teens exhibit the potential to kill. He shows how to identify early signs of possible violence and offers preventative measures that parents and educators can take to protect their communities.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

PETER LANGMAN is the Clinical Director of Psychology at KidsPeace ( The Strategy Room .