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School Shootings, Wayne Petherick, Brent Turvey
School Shootings, Wayne Petherick, Brent Turvey
Wayne Petherick
Extract:
As with any attack that occurs at an educational facility - to include grade schools, colleges, and universities - school shootings are a particular form of workplace violence. The relationships are fairly straightforward in this regard. Instructors, administrators, and support staff are employed and work on site, and students are the "clients". Violent attacks may occur between or within any of these groups or their relationships.
School Shootings And Guns, Wayne Petherick, Brent Turvey, Jared Kreeger
School Shootings And Guns, Wayne Petherick, Brent Turvey, Jared Kreeger
Wayne Petherick
Extract: School shootings are a global phenomenon, as they occur in almost every country around the world. However, the United States ranks number one in terms of the total number of school shooters and total number of victims in a single incident. Despite the media attention such incidents receive, they are uncommon and as such are deviant both statistically and ideologically as an extreme form of anti-social (and homicidal) behavior.