Kill one or kill them all?
- Research indicates individual pathways towards school attacks and inconsistent offender profiles. Thus, several authors have classified offenders according to mental disorders, motives, or number/kinds of victims. We assumed differences between single and multiple victim offenders (intending to kill one or more than one victim). In qualitative and quantitative analyses of data from qualitative content analyses of case files on seven school attacks in Germany, we found differences between the offender groups in seriousness, patterns, characteristics, and classes of leaking (announcements of offences), offence-related behaviour, and offence characteristics. There were only minor differences in risk factors. Our research thus adds to the understanding of school attacks and leaking. Differences between offender groups require consideration in the planning of effective preventive approaches.
Author details: | Rebecca BondüORCiDGND, Herbert Scheithauer |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404559 |
Title of parent work (English): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe |
Subtitle (English): | differences between single and multiple victim school attacks |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (397) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2018/04/20 |
Publication year: | 2015 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2018/04/20 |
Tag: | leaking; risk factor; school attacks; victim; warning sign |
Issue: | 397 |
Number of pages: | 23 |
Source: | European Journal of Criminology 12 (2015) 3, S. 277–299 DOI: 10.1177/1477370814525904 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht / 340 Recht |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access |
Grantor: | Sage |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |