num_pages: 336
description: Ceremonial Violence analyzes thirteen school rampage shootingsincluding the Columbine High School massacreand explains for the first time why teenagers commit these tragic atrocities. These cases Spencer 16 who after shooting at elementary school children for no apparent reason explained to a I hate Mondays.Wayne Lo 18 a brilliant Taiwanese student and violin prodigy who embraced white supremacist rhetoric. One night he stalked the campus of Simon Rock's College with a semi-automatic rifle picking victims at random.Evan Ramsey 16 who went on a shooting rampage in Anchorage alerting some 25 friends beforehand so they could observe the mayhem.Luke Woodham 17 who claimed to have been controlled by demons when he killed his classmates.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 shootings and provides examples of what we should look for as early signs to prevent further tragedies.
language: English
title: Ceremonial Violence: Understanding Columbine and Other School Rampage Shootings
publisher: Abrams Press