Ceremonial violence
Subtitle: a psychological explanation of school shootings
By: Jonathan Fast.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodstock, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781590200476
Subjects: 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
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Psychological explanation of school shootings; School shootings
Description: Ceremonial Violence analyzes the Columbine high school shooting and four other cases and explains for the first time why teenagers commit school rampage shootings. 
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-327) and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview; title: Case 1: Brenda Spencer : malignant narcissism; title: Case 2: Wayne Lo : identity confusion; title: Case 3: Evan Ramsey : childhood abuse; title: Case 4: Luke Woodham : socialization into extreme violence; title: Case 5: Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold : the shooting and the aftermath: grieving after an SR shooting; title: Reducing the incidence of SR shootings and school violence.