| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
333 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-327) and index. |
| Contents |
An 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. |
| Summary |
Ceremonial 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. |
| Subject |
School violence -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies.
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Youth and violence -- United States -- Case studies.
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School shootings -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Columbine High School Massacre, Littleton, Colo., 1999.
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| Added Title |
School shootings : a psychological explanation |
| ISBN |
9781590200476 |
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1590200470 |
| Standard No. |
NZ1 12485888 |
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AU@ 000043702978 |
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