Mass Murders at School Institutions: Children and Parents as Easy Targets

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Authors	SMOLÍK Josef VAĎURA Vladimír
Year of publication	2009
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
Field	Psychology
Keywords	school shooting; mass murder; Columbine
Description	This article tries to conceptualize the phenomenon of school shooting, which means shooting at kindergartens, elementary and high schools and universities. The most important examples are described (the notoriously known shooting at Columbine High School is analyzed in greater detail). The outcomes of this article are: summarization of facts, an attempt to find generalising tendencies, trends and characteristics and its comparison with the situation in the Czech Republic.