Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5 of The Christian Post’s series on youth and school violence.
As the United States has by far more deadly shootings occurring in its schools than any other developed nation, many are left wondering if there are elements of today’s American society that are partially to blame, or at least play a factor, when it comes to the troubling influx of deadly school massacres.
“Where has our society gone wrong?” some might ask.
Dr. Peter Langman, an expert on the psychology of school shooters who runs the database SchoolShooters.info, told The Christian Post that in the U.S., “We have overwhelmingly the majority of school shootings in the world.”
The million-dollar question is “why?”
There isn’t just one easy answer to that question nor is there only one solution, Langman and others who spoke with CP asserted.
A common response, however, which was echoed by two experts interviewed for this article, is the fact that there is much more access to guns in the U.S. than any other nation.
“I did this study of 171 countries to explain statistically why the United States has more [mass shootings] than any other country. I coded any variable that was present for all 171 countries [studied]. I looked at homicide rates, suicide rates, national wealth, firearm ownership rates,” said Adam Lankford, associate professor at the University of Alabama’s…
… Read More
Click Read More to read the rest of the story from our content source/partners – The Christian Post.