Sexuality and school shootings: What role does teasing play in school massacres?

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 39-62

  Klein, Jessie ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Masculinity; Peer harassment; School shootings; School social work

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; HOMICIDE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LAW; MALE; MASCULINITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33845276269     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v51n04_03     Document Type: Review

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