Mass Murders at School Institutions: Children and Parents as Easy Targets

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Authors

SMOLÍK Josef VAĎURA Vladimír

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Field Psychology
Keywords school shooting; mass murder; Columbine
Description This article tries to conceptualize the phenomenon of school shooting, which means shooting at kindergartens, elementary and high schools and universities. The most important examples are described (the notoriously known shooting at Columbine High School is analyzed in greater detail). The outcomes of this article are: summarization of facts, an attempt to find generalising tendencies, trends and characteristics and its comparison with the situation in the Czech Republic.

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