{"product_id":"deadly-lessons-national-research-council-9780309084123","title":"Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nation's schools. This dramatic example signaled an implicit and growing fear that these events would continue to occur--and even escalate in scale and severity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow do we make sense of the tragedy of a school shooting or even draw objective conclusions from these incidents? \u003ci\u003eDeadly Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e is the outcome of the National Research Council's unique effort to glean lessons from six case studies of lethal student violence. These are powerful stories of parents and teachers and troubled youths, presenting the tragic complexity of the young shooter's social and personal circumstances in rich detail. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe cases point to possible causes of violence and suggest where interventions may be most effective. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the potential threat, how violence might be prevented, and how healing might be promoted in affected communities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor each case study, \u003ci\u003eDeadly Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e relates events leading up to the violence, provides quotes from personal interviews about the incident, and explores the impact on the community. The case studies center on: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTwo separate incidents in East New York in which three students were killed and a teacher was seriously wounded.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA shooting on the south side of Chicago in which one youth was killed and two wounded.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA shooting into a prayer group at a Kentucky high school in which three students were killed.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe killing of four students and a teacher and the wounding of 10 others at an Arkansas middle school.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe shooting of a popular science teacher by a teenager in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA suspected copycat of Columbine in which six students were wounded in Georgia.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor everyone who puzzles over these terrible incidents, \u003ci\u003eDeadly Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh perspective on the most fundamental of questions: Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc,Board on Children Youth and Families\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309084121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309084123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.43w x 1.21d","brand":"National Research Council","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064826933503,"sku":"9780309084123","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83fb75dd-bc4f-47f9-b4f3-accf63f6f381.jpg?v=1768671293","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deadly-lessons-national-research-council-9780309084123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}