Title: What's the Cause of School Shootings? Have They Gone up Since the '90s?
Headings: School Shootings: Why Do They Happen? Have They Reduced Since the ‘90s?
School Shootings: Why Do They Happen? Have They Reduced Since the ‘90s?
Analysis: Mass School Shootings in the U.S.
How Many School Shootings Have There Been in 2018?
What Is the Cause of School Shootings?
Bullying
Copycat Crimes
Mental Illness
Violent Influences
Gun Access
Recognizing Warning Signs of School Shootings
Factors Compounding the School Shooting Problem
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Content: What Is the Cause of School Shootings? An a nalysis of school shootings occurring from 1970 to 2000 has uncovered common, and distinct, threads of premeditated shootings. Karen Newman of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, along with four other authors, researched the reasons behind school shootings. Their findings were published in Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings. Based on interviews with community members of the 1997 and 1998 mass school shootings in Paducah, Kentucky and Jonesboro, Arkansas, the book suggests that the loner theory is unfounded. The loner theory typically involves the shooter having few friends and little to no social skills. They are not likely to fit in with their peers, and they usually do not know how to act during social interactions. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the shooters are marked as “troubled” and are seemly ignored by officials and the community at large. The great debate over the predominant cause of school shootings is a never-ending battle.