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: Some experts place an emphasis on the shooter’s mental health, while others focus on a lack of gun control. As the nation searches for an answer to stop violent behavior, all possible underlying causes need to be evaluated. Let’s look at some of these potential factors in the school shooting epidemic: Bullying
Most of the shooters have implied, through suicide notes or videos, that they were bullied by classmates for years before enacting revenge. Referred to as an “injustice collector,” the shooter may have been teased, threatened, physically beaten, or a victim of malicious rumors and lies. Copycat Crimes
School shootings that occur within a short time of each other have been suggested to be a sign of a copycat. The initial killing spree results in national media coverage, with details of the shooter as well as the pain and suffering of the victims. This may evoke a sense of entitlement or desire within someone who believes they too have been wronged by teachers or classmates. And so they’ll copy or attempt to copy what the original shooter did. The copycat factor is why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and top suicide foundations have developed media guidelines when covering mass shootings and suicides.