No exit: Mental illness, marginality, and school violence in West Paducah, Kentucky

This book presents six case studies of student-perpetrated school shootings and discusses possible effective interventions. Between 1992 and 2001, 35 incidents occurred in which students started firing at schoolmates and teachers at their school or at a school-sponsored event. These incidents, including the Columbine High School incident, left 53 dead and 144 injured. These incidents… Continue reading No exit: Mental illness, marginality, and school violence in West Paducah, Kentucky