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The Bully Society
·\"A coherent, heartbreaking narrative of how bullying works.\" -The Boston Globe
·\"The author writes with clarity and compassion… offers an opportunity for us to examine, discuss, and consider the world.\" -Kirkus Reviews
·\"Resists pop-psychology profiling… a searing indcitment of the cultures of cruelty, entitlement and indifference.\" - Michael Kimmel, author ofGuyland
·\"Exceptionally readable, abundant examples, and full of salient suggestions.\" - James W. Messerschmidt, author ofHegemonic Masculinities and Camouflaged Politics
·\"Riveting and powerful… Amazing and hopeful… Poignant and timely… A must read.\" - Liz Murray, author ofBreaking Night
·\"This powerful, necessary book… Illuminates a very dark problem, and proposes solutions.\" - Andrew Solomon, author ofThe Noonday Demon
·\"A compelling case.\" -Publishers Weekly
·\"An exceedingly thorough analysis.\" -New York Journal of Books
·\"Destined to emerge as an important text.\" -CHOICE
·\"A scholarly, insightful commentary… highly recommended.\" -VOYA
\"A remarkably accessible book and… An important tool.\" -Metapsychology
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The risk of school rampage : assessing and preventing threats of school violence
\"Deadly school rampage shootings continue to plague society and inspire widespread fear, yet scant attention has been paid to averted incidents. Utilizing in-depth interviews conducted with officials directly involved in averting potential school rampages, this book explores the processes by which threats are assessed and school rampage plots are averted. By examining these averted incidents, this work addresses problematic gaps in school violence scholarship and advances existing knowledge about mass murder, violence prevention, bystander intervention, threat assessment, and disciplinary policy in school contexts.\"-- Publisher's website.
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From a Taller Tower
We, as a nation, have become desensitized to the shock and pain
in the wake of mass shootings. In the bottomless silence between
gunshots, as political stalemate ensures inaction, the killing
continues; the dying continues. From a Taller Tower
attends to the silence that has left us empty in the aftermath of
these atrocities. Veteran journalist Seamus McGraw chronicles the
rise of the mass shooter to dismantle the myths we have constructed
around the murderers and ourselves.
In 1966, America's first mass shooter, from atop the University
of Texas tower, unleashed a new reality: the fear that any of us
may be targeted by a killer, and the complicity we bear in granting
these murderers the fame or infamy they crave. Addressing
individual cases in the epidemic that began in Austin, From a
Taller Tower bluntly confronts our obsession with the
shooters-and explores the isolation, narcissism, and sense of
victimhood that fan their obsessions. Drawing on the experiences of
survivors and first responders as well as the knowledge of mental
health experts, McGraw challenges the notion of the \"good guy with
a gun,\" the idolization of guns (including his own), and the
reliability of traumatized memory. Yet in this terrible history,
McGraw reminds us of the humanity that can stop the killing and the
dying.
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School shooters
School shootings scare everyone, even those not immediately affected. They make national and international news. They make parents afraid to send their children off to school. But they also lead to generalizations about those who perpetrate them. Most assumptions about the perpetrators are wrong and many of the warning signs are missed until 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 individuals and helping them to seek help before it's too late.
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The light fantastic
Seven interwoven narratives spanning three tense hours on a fateful day share the perspectives of a girl with a rare memory condition, a teacher who fears a student may be planning an act of violence, and a girl about to embark on a cross-country plot.
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Enough is Enough
Born out of the call by Virginia Tech's Zenobia Hikes for urgent action to stem the tide of societal violence, and the NASPA \"Enough is Enough\" campaign that she inspired, this book provides guidance on how to be proactive in preventing violence, and be prepared to provide a comprehensive response to a crisis.
Enough is Enough presents first-hand accounts and experienced counsel from professionals who have lived through a violent incident and continue to deal with its aftermath. They cover violence, suicide prevention, and mental health promotion, in an integrated way, and offer a comprehensive plan to create a campus-wide system for collecting information about students at risk for self-harm or violence toward others.
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Only child
Surviving a horrific school shooting, a six-year-old boy retreats into the world of books and art while making sobering observations about his mother's determination to prosecute the shooter's parents and the wider community's efforts to make sense of the tragedy.
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Youth Responses to School Shootings: a Review
Purpose of Review
This paper aims to synthesize research relating to youth responses to school shootings between 2014 and 2017. The main questions it addresses are how such events impact young people psychologically, and what risk or protective factors may contribute to different trajectories of recovery?
Recent Findings
Recent research suggests that most young people exposed to school shootings demonstrate resilience, exhibiting no long-term dysfunction. However, a minority will experience severe and chronic symptoms. The likelihood of experiencing clinically significant reactions is influenced by pre-trauma functioning as well as peri-traumatic and post-traumatic factors. These include proximity to the trauma, peri-traumatic dissociation, post-traumatic emotional regulation difficulties, social support, and flexibility of coping styles.
Summary
Research that separates the distinguishing features of young people with differing recovery styles is vital to tailor intervention. But methodological and design issues associated with such research necessitates caution in drawing conclusions. Variation in definitions and measures and the self-report nature of many of the studies are potential sources of bias. Greater uniformity across designs would enhance confidence and allow for improved evidence-based intervention.
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