Youths Who Kill Others in Schools: What We Know From the Emerging Field of Research on School Shootings

Reviews the book, School Shootings: International Research, Case Studies, and Concepts for Prevention edited by Nils Böckler, Thorsten Seeger, Peter Sitzer, and Wilhelm Heitmeyer (see record 2013-00057-000). With this book, the editors have edited a timely compilation on school shootings that includes theory, empirical research findings, case studies, and prevention-focused chapters on this particular form of violence that takes place in schools. It represents an important contribution to the emerging field of research on school rampage shootings, a field that draws from expertise in criminology, psychology, sociology, and media studies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)