| Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings Contributor(s): Newman, Katherine S. (Author), Fox, Cybelle (Author), Harding, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465051049 ISBN-13: 9780465051045 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most "family friendly" American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to be the spontaneous acts of troubled, disconnected teens, but this important book argues that the roots of violence are deeply entwined in the communities themselves. "Rampage challenges the "loner theory" of school violence, and shows why so many adults and students miss the warning signs that could prevent it. Drawing on more than 200 interviews with town residents, distinguished sociologist Katherine Newman and her co-authors take the reader inside two of the most notorious school shootings of the 1990s, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Paducah, Kentucky. In a powerful and original analysis, she demonstrates that the organizational structure of schools "loses" information about troubled kids, and the very closeness of these small rural towns restrained neighbors and friends from communicating what they knew about their problems. Her conclusions shed light on the ties that bind in small-town America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 371.782 |
| LCCN: 2003018980 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.12" W x 9.2" (1.36 lbs) 424 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most family friendly American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to be the spontaneous acts of troubled, disconnected teens, but this important book argues that the roots of violence are deeply entwined in the communities themselves. Rampage challenges the loner theory of school violence, and shows why so many adults and students miss the warning signs that could prevent it. Drawing on more than 200 interviews with town residents, distinguished sociologist Katherine Newman and her co-authors take the reader inside two of the most notorious school shootings of the 1990s, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Paducah, Kentucky. In a powerful and original analysis, she demonstrates that the organizational structure of schools loses information about troubled kids, and the very closeness of these small rural towns restrained neighbors and friends from communicating what they knew about their problems. Her conclusions shed light on the ties that bind in small-town America. |