title: Risk factors in school shootings.
abstract: Nine incidents of multiple-victim homicide in American secondary schools are examined and common risk factors are identified. The literature dealing with individual, family, social, societal, and situational risk factors for youth violence and aggression is reviewed along with existing risk assessment methods. Checklists of risk factors for serious youth violence and school violence are used in reviewing each school shooting case. Commonalties among the cases and implications for psychologists practicing in clinical and school settings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 97116-2328, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verlinden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hersen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D000786:Anger; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012938:Social Perception; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends