School Shooters: Monsters or Victims

Abstract

While extreme forms of behaviour such as the use of guns within a school setting are rare events, they have profound impacts on school communities, their staff, parents and students. This chapter sets out to place such incidents in perspective and explores these issues within an American context. Various check lists are examined with a view to providing insights into the characteristics of young people driven to such violent acts and to providing some points of reflection which could lead to prevention of them. These reflections should be based upon an understanding that these young people are a product of school systems which need to change to ensure that they mitigate the effects of poor social experiences.

Citation

Lebrun, M. (2012), "School Shooters: Monsters or Victims", Visser, J., Daniels, H. and Cole, T. (Ed.) Transforming Troubled Lives: Strategies and Interventions for Children with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 323-338. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3636(2012)0000002023