How to Stop School Rampage Killing: Lessons from Averted Mass Shootings and Bombings

DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.........................................FOREWORD by Jack Levin ..................................................................FOREWORD by Kristina Anderson ..........................................................AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION.........................
CHAPTERSI. INTRODUCTION ................................................................... Research Questions and Background on Incidents........................Explaining and Reacting to School Rampage................................Understanding School Criminalization and Risk Assessment...............
II. ASSESSING SCHOOL RAMPAGE ............................................ Distinguishing Terms and Risks..............................................The Assessment of Evidence in Averted Rampage........................Assessing the Plot's Detail....................................................Appraising the Role of Weaponry............................................Assessing the Role of Personal and Group Characteristics...............Conclusion.......................................................................
III. CONFIDENCE AND DOUBTS ABOUT ASSESSING RAMPAGE...... Certainty Based on a Convergence of Risk Assessment Criteria.........Certainty Based on a Lack of Threat Assessment Criteria................Certainty Based on a Presence of Threat Assessment Criteria............Remaining Uncertainty despite Risk Assessment..........................Conclusion.......................................................................
IV. PREVENTING SCHOOL RAMPAGE ......................................... Problematic Rampage Prevention Practices................................ A Diminished Student Code of Silence......................................Interventions through Leakage................................................The Persistence of Bystander Inaction........................................Implications of Findings......................................................Conclusion...................................................................... V. CONCLUSION .....................................................................Summary and Implications of Findings.....................................Emergent Areas to Prevent and Stop School Rampage Killing..........Suggested Areas for Future Research........................................
VI. METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX............................................ Operationalizing School Rampage............................................ Research Design and Sample................................................. Complications of Media-Based Sampling Frame........................... On Qualitative Methodology.................................................. Generalizability in Qualitative Research....................................
REFERENCES ..................................................................................INDEX.............................................................................................