School shootings scare everyone, even those not immediately affected. They make national news. They make us all afraid to send our children off to school. But they also make us generalize about those who perpetrate them. Mostly we are wrong about who they are, and fail to recognize many of the warning signs before it s too late. Here, Peter Langman takes a look at 48 national and international cases of school shootings in order to dispel the myths, explore the motives, and expose the realities of preventing school shootings from happening in the future, including identifying at risk...

School shootings scare everyone, even those not immediately affected. But they also lead to generalizations about perpetrators. Here, Peter Langman takes a look at 48 cases of school shootings in order to dispel the myths, explore the motives, and expose the realities of prevention, including identifying at-risk individuals before it's too late.