This is my book on school shootings
in the United States. Within the pages,
I examined five major school based massacres, using the historical approach to
research. This book is focused on what
drives a person to commit a school shooting.
By delving into the minds of seven shooters, I discovered which of the
eight precursors had the most negative impact on school shooters. Bullying is only one of them.
The following are the summary of my
book and the link to purchase it.
Title: Bullying is Russian Roulette with the Student Body
Subtitle: Examining the Precursors to Five School Shootings in America
School
shootings are a growing problem, and the United States alone has experienced a
steep increase in school shooting incidents in the past three decades. This book offers an analysis of five major
school shootings in an attempt to indicate which precursor is the
deadliest. The precursors include
Bullying, Ostracism, Abusive Faculty, Bystander Maltreatment, Family Issues, Mental
Illness, Unhealthy Societal Norms, and Pop Culture. This study, which originated as a class
project, focuses on the mindset of each perpetrator and how they developed in
life prior to their heinous crimes.
This originally started as my final
project for Research Methods and Analysis class during my Masters program at
Saint Joseph’s University. My professor
encouraged me to have it published. Last
year, I presented my project at the annual conference for the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). After
four years of hard work, it is published and available for download on Amazon; released
September 30, 2015.
The next day was the day of the
Umpqua Community College shooting.
School shootings and mass murders are becoming too common. Chris Harper Mercer, Elliot Rodgers, Jared
Padgett, Adam Lanza, Cho Seung Hui – names of gunmen keep getting added to
history, and the list of victims gets longer each year.
The recent Umpqua massacre was the 295th
mass shooting in the United States for 2015.
The listing from Mass Shooting Tracker includes all incidents (in any
environment) with their death tolls and number of wounded people. Before Umpqua’s tragedy, there were twelve
mass murders involving at least five deaths.
This listing accounted for all types of mass shootings, not just schools. According to the FBI’s report, 29% of active
shooter events between the years 2000-2012 took place at a school.
In my book, I wanted to add in the
Isla Vista and Reynolds High School shootings plus a few more incidents,
however as time goes on, more nationalized shootings occur that could be included
in the book. Even on the day I presented
my project for research class, there was a school shooting in Brazil. These tragedies are happening frequently
enough that it is difficult to keep up with writing chapters on them. In the future I may have a second edition to
this book with more incidents included.
Ultimately, I hope my book helps people see how the mindset of a killer
develops over time, and how to prevent future incidents.
©2015 Caroline
Friehs
Originally
posted: October 4, 2015
References:
Barrionuevo,
A (2011 Apr. 7). Gunman Opens Fire at
School in Brazil, Killing 12 Children. New York Times. Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/world/americas/08brazil.html
FBI
(2014 Jan. 7). Active Shooter Events from
2000 to 2012. FBI.gov. Retrieved
from: https://leb.fbi.gov/2014/january/active-shooter-events-from-2000-to-2012
Ford,
D & Payne, E (2015 Oct. 2). Oregon shooting:
Gunman dead about college rampage. CNN.com. Retrieved from: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/us/oregon-college-shooting/
Friehs,
C (2015). Bullying is Russian Roulette
with the Student Body – Examining the Precursors to Five School Shootings in
America. Amazon KDP. Release date:
September 30, 2015.
Mass
Shooting Tracker.com (2015 Oct. 2). Mass
Shootings in 2015. [Website]. Retrieved from: http://shootingtracker.com/wiki/Mass_Shootings_in_2015#cite_note-189
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