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Potential Causes of Mass School Shooting Incidents: A Look Into Bullying, Mental Illness, and Zero-Tolerance Policies

Potential Causes of Mass School Shooting Incidents: A Look Into Bullying, Mental Illness, and Zero-Tolerance Policies

Joseph R. Budd, Jeffrey Herron, Renee Sartin
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781799853602|ISBN10: 1799853608|EISBN13: 9781799853619
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5360-2.ch009
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Budd, Joseph R., et al. "Potential Causes of Mass School Shooting Incidents: A Look Into Bullying, Mental Illness, and Zero-Tolerance Policies." Research Anthology on School Shootings, Peer Victimization, and Solutions for Building Safer Educational Institutions, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 190-206. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5360-2.ch009

APA

Budd, J. R., Herron, J., & Sartin, R. (2021). Potential Causes of Mass School Shooting Incidents: A Look Into Bullying, Mental Illness, and Zero-Tolerance Policies. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on School Shootings, Peer Victimization, and Solutions for Building Safer Educational Institutions (pp. 190-206). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5360-2.ch009

Chicago

Budd, Joseph R., Jeffrey Herron, and Renee Sartin. "Potential Causes of Mass School Shooting Incidents: A Look Into Bullying, Mental Illness, and Zero-Tolerance Policies." In Research Anthology on School Shootings, Peer Victimization, and Solutions for Building Safer Educational Institutions, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 190-206. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5360-2.ch009

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Abstract

Over the past several years, American educational institutions have seen an increase in gun violence by students. This increase has erupted calls for stricter gun control and larger gun-free zones at institutions of learning. There have been many theories to why American schools have become a place of fear instead of institutions of learning. Some explore the cause of mental illness; some investigate bullying, and a few acknowledge the lack of administrative follow-up on in-school incidents. This chapter will explore the relationships and correlations between the shooter, the victim(s), school zero-tolerance policy and how previous incidents of violence or threats of violence were/are processed in the school systems where these incidents have occurred.

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