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Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports 1/2013

01-01-2013 | Child and Adolescent Disorders (TD Benton, Section Editor)

Violence and School Shootings

Authors: Daniel J. Flannery, William Modzeleski, Jeff M. Kretschmar

Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Multiple-homicide school shootings are rare events, but when they happen they significantly impact individuals, the school and the community. We focus on multiple-homicide incidents and identified mental health issues of shooters. To date, studies of school shootings have concluded that no reliable profile of a shooter exists, so risk should be assessed using comprehensive threat assessment protocols. Existing studies primarily utilize retrospective case histories or media accounts. The field requires more empirical and systematic research on all types of school shootings including single victim incidents, those that result in injury but not death and those that are successfully averted. We discuss current policies and practices related to school shootings and the role of mental health professionals in assessing risk and supporting surviving victims.
Footnotes
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The USDOE has documented school homicides back to the 1700 s when a group of Indians killed a number of children in a school outside of Philadelphia.
 
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Metadata
Title
Violence and School Shootings
Authors
Daniel J. Flannery
William Modzeleski
Jeff M. Kretschmar
Publication date
01-01-2013
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Psychiatry Reports / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Electronic ISSN: 1535-1645
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-012-0331-6

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