Rampage school shooters: A typology

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-86

  Langman, Peter ^a  

^a KidsPeace   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mass murder; Psychopath; School shooters; School shootings; School violence

Indexed keywords

CONSCIENCE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; FAMILY LIFE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RAPE; REVIEW; SADISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHOOL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 58349108072     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2008.10.003     Document Type: Review

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