Ceremonial violence : a psychological explanation of school shootings /

Ceremonial violence : a psychological explanation of school shootings /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fast, Jonathan.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2008.
Description:	333 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Columbine High School Massacre (Littleton, Colorado : 1999) School violence -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies. Youth and violence -- United States -- Case studies. School shootings -- Social aspects -- United States. Columbine High School Massacre, Littleton, Colo., 1999. School violence -- Psychological aspects. Youth and violence. Colorado -- Littleton. United States. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7297233

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Varying Form of Title:	Psychological explanation of school shootings School shootings
ISBN:	9781590200476 1590200470
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-327) and index.
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.
Other form:	Online version: Fast, Jonathan. Ceremonial violence. 1st ed. Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2008

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Call Number:	LB3013.32 .F443 2008
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