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Comprehending Columbine
Larkin
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Description for Comprehending Columbine
Paperback. On April 20, 1999, two Colorado teenagers went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School. That day, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 fellow students and a teacher, as well as wounding 24 other people, before they killed themselves. This book examines the complex of factors that led the two young men to plan and carry out their deed. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1Table, 1 Map, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; JFFE; JKV; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
On April 20, 1999, two Colorado teenagers went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School. That day, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve fellow students and a teacher, as well as wounding twenty-four other people, before they killed themselves. Although there have been other books written about the tragedy, this is the first serious, impartial investigation into the cultural, environmental, and psychological causes of the massacre.Based on first-hand interviews and a thorough reading of the relevant literature, Ralph Larkin examines the complex of factors that led the two young men to plan and carry out their deed. For ... Read more
On April 20, 1999, two Colorado teenagers went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School. That day, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve fellow students and a teacher, as well as wounding twenty-four other people, before they killed themselves. Although there have been other books written about the tragedy, this is the first serious, impartial investigation into the cultural, environmental, and psychological causes of the massacre.Based on first-hand interviews and a thorough reading of the relevant literature, Ralph Larkin examines the complex of factors that led the two young men to plan and carry out their deed. For ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592134915
SKU
V9781592134915
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About Larkin
Ralph W. Larkin, Ph.D. is owner of Academic Research Consulting Service and a Senior Research Associate, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. He is the author of Suburban Youth in Cultural Crisis and (with Daniel A. Foss) Beyond Revolution: Social Movements in Historical and Comparative Perspective.
Reviews for Comprehending Columbine
"Larkin creates a powerful lens to examine the complexities of the forces which contributed to the Columbine tragedy. The introductory narrative of the rampage is so vivid that both the casual and studied reader will be instantly engaged... Drawing on his skill as an interviewer and researcher, Larkin is able to give the reader a glimpse of the cultural and ... Read more