From columbine to virgínia tech: empirical based reflections about an expanding phenomenon / De columbine à virgínia tech: reflexões com base empírica sobre um fenômeno em expansão

School shooting phenomenon has attracted attention throughout the world, especially after the Columbine massacre in April, 1999. In that event, 12 people died and about 30 were hurt. Some years later, in April 2007, Cho Seung-Hui carried out an even more impressive deed, shooting and killing 32 peop...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Conceição Guimarães, Francisco Dyonísio Cardoso Mendes, Timoteo Madaleno Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2009-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722009000300021&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt