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Volume
2, Issue 1, 2010
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School Shootings: The Deadly Result of Teasing and
Ostracism?
Georgie Ann Weatherby, Sara Strachila, Bridget McMahon
Abstract
Leary, Kowalski, Smith, & Phillips (2003) conducted a
comprehensive analysis of school shootings in the United
States from their recorded beginnings in 1995 to 2001.
Findings involved bullying, isolation, and a strong need to
“strike back.” Suicide by cop – a term used to describe a
way to end one’s life in glory by being taken down in a
gunbattle with police, was identified as a common goal with
infamy often the intended outcome. Present results reported
here (2001-2008) reflect a mixture of these variables
throughout, but no clear pattern emerges. The impetus for
shootings ranges from spurned romantic relationships to
bullying to paranoia. Various theories of differential
association, social control, and anomie are applied to
explain the diverse motives.
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