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School Shootings: What Every Parent and Educator Needs to Know to Protect Our Children

by Joseph A. Lieberman

ISBN13: 9780806530710
ISBN10: 0806530715
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When You Send Your Children To School In The Morning, Do You Worry That You May Never See Them Again?

In this insightful look at the danger that threatens students and families today, investigative journalist and longtime educator Joseph A. Lieberman takes us inside the minds and hearts of everyone affected by school shootings — and the kids who commit the shocking crimes.

Lieberman became intimately acquainted with this terrifying epidemic during an unforgettable, heartbreaking encounter with a traumatized survivor of a notorious school shooting. The issue became even more personal when his daughter's schoolgrounds were invaded by an angry fifteen-year-old dropout with two loaded stolen handguns and extra ammunition. After years of intensive research, Lieberman shares his findings, shedding dramatic new light on school shootings — from Columbine to Virginia Tech and more — and offers practical strategies for how we can respond to and even prevent them.

School Shootings offers new understanding on:

How many of the shooters were depressed or suicidal, or had psychotic symptoms
Why it is almost always boys, rarely girls, who commit these killings
Why so many school shootings have taken place in our current cultural climate
How American incidents are similar to — and differ from — what's happening in other countries

Whether you're an educator, a parent, a counselor, or in law enforcement, School Shootings is timely, compelling, and indispensable.

"This book has been a real hit on campus. The students are drawn in immediately, and can hardly put the book down. It's a great book for a College Reading course, and for getting students interested in reading again! I've used it two semesters, and look forward to using the updated version this Fall." — Vicki M. Pettus, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Language, Literature, and Philosophy, Kentucky State University

"Heartbreaking and eye-opening." —Nancy Stap, radio host, Air America

"Riveting!" —Madalyn Tower, Oregon School Counselors Association

"This is the book that finally connects the dots and could help prevent the next school shooting." —Nancy Willard, author of Cyberbullying, Cyberthreats

"Thoughtful and refreshingly frank, this book will no doubt save lives." —Jodee Blanco, author of Please Stop Laughing at Me

With 16 pages of dramatic photos.

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In the first comprehensive and up-to-date explanation of school shootings, investigative journalist Lieberman takes an insightful look inside the minds and hearts of everyone affected by these horrific incidents--and the kids who commit the shocking crimes.

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: lwhitmarsh, September 20, 2008 (view all comments by lwhitmarsh)
School Shootings by Joseph Lieberman is very easy to read and very informative about the current situation in our schools that is truly a crisis. Lieberman presents information he has obtained through interviews and research in a very comprehensive manner. If we are going to learn how to stop the violence in our schools we first need to learn about the causes of the violence. Lieberman in his book, School Shootings, gives us the information we need to make informed decisions about where we should go from here to make our schools safter for the students and the teachers.
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: McPherson72, August 14, 2008 (view all comments by McPherson72)
Finally a book arrives on the scene that goes much further than any other in connecting what at first appear to be random or widely separated acts of violence. So many of the shooters - a majority it seems - die during their rampage, either by their own hand or being shot by police. Those that survive are whisked away and the answers as to why they did the shooting are often kept from the public. This may serve the purpose of protecting the perpetrator from media scrutiny, but does little to prevent similar future events, nor does it allow the victims to reach any kind of closure. Lieberman's book rectifies all that, providing information that helps us make sense of what are otherwise profoundly senseless killings. Anyone at all connected with schools - and that includes college campuses as well - should read this if they are at all concerned with issues of safety. As a parent and educator, I got hold of an early copy, and have shared it with a dozen friends. Everyone agrees, this is required reading.
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ISBN:: 9780806530710
Subtitle:: What Every Parent and Educator Needs to Know to Protect Our Children
Author:: Lieberman, Joseph A.
Foreword:: Sachs, Brad
Publisher:: Citadel Press
Subject:: Criminology
Subject:: Counseling - Crisis Management
Subject:: Parent Participation
Subject:: Philosophy & Social Aspects
Publication Date:: September 2008
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Y
Pages:: 384
Dimensions:: 8.70x6.00x1.10 in. 1.10 lbs.

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