School shooting as a culturally enforced way of expressing suicidal hostile intentions

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 544-550

  Preti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPE; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HOMICIDE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58349108103     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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