School Shootings

Welcome to the revised School Shootings website. From November, 2009, any current or recent incidents of school violence will be listed on the page link marked Latest NEWS BRIEFS (on the right side of this page). If you hear of any others, please email the author directly at joe@authorjoe.com.

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Audio & website links:

On April 2O, 2009, the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings, Here and Now, the coast-to-coast noon-hour news program on Public Radio International hosted by Robin Young, presented a 10-minute interview with the author. It can be heard online at:  http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/04/rundown-420, or click the link on the top right, and then scroll down to: Ten Years After Columbine and click on: Listen.

And for a deeper analysis, be sure to check out the interview at Freedom States Alliance (link top right of this page).

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

Until the book School Shootings appeared, no one had put together a truly comprehensive look at the entire 34-year spectrum of school shootings (whether carried out by adults or teens), or revealed how dozens of these incidents interfaced, both in the US and abroad. School Shootings also explores the synchronous nature and common roots shared among mall and church shootings by young people, workplace rampages, and other suicidal terrorist acts. In addition, the book takes an intimate, in-depth look at the only school shooter in history who was arrested the day before his rampage for having a loaded, stolen gun in his school locker - and then, incredibly, released. Hours later, he murdered both his teacher-parents and proceeded the next morning to shoot 27 students, killing two.

The  publisher is Kensington Books, based in New York City, under their Citadel imprint. Copies can be ordered directly from our links. Your comments are welcome on the booksellers’ websites.

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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT * School Shootings - What Every Parent and Educator Needs to Know to Protect Our Children*:

“Thoughtful and refreshingly frank, this book will no doubt save lives.” - Jodee Blanco, anti-bullying activist and author of the New York Times bestseller, “Please Stop Laughing At Me”

“Riveting! Despite a heavy workload, I read it in three days, learning more than I ever imagined about a subject I thought I knew.” - Madalyn Tower, governing board, Oregon School Counselors Association

“Reading this, my heart hurt, but as a mother, I thought of my kids, I thought, ‘Every parent must read this book.’ ” - Heather Buchman, Senior Editor and former president of the Costa Mesa (Calif.)) MOMS Club

“SCHOOL SHOOTINGS is no mere gratuitous rehash. Using old-fashioned reporting… Lieberman reveals important information not made public during the original coverage…. he may have been the perfect person to take a fresh look at how and why (these events) occurred.” - Karen McCowan, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oreg.

“It’s clear that Joseph Lieberman has performed an invaluable public service in writing his book. He’s spot on in drawing a comparison between school shooters and suicide bombers. His book should be required reading in every institution of learning across the nation.” - Hans Kracauer, award-winning screenwriter

“An excellent examination of this continuing crisis. Lieberman’s writing is thorough and shades the complexity of our world… a balanced, thoughtful examination of what cumulative factors collide into ‘the day it all seems to fall apart.’ ” - Danny Ledonne, filmmaker and creator of the controversial interactive videogame, “Super Columbine Massacre RPG!”

“Lieberman is far less censorious and far more nuanced in his thinking than the Connecticut Senator with whom he shares a name….” - Game Politics (gamepolitics.com)

“The best analysis I’ve seen on what’s been happening in the minds of these young killers. It’s not only important and accurate, it’s also fascinating.” - Dennis Murphy, founder, Ribbon of Promise Campaign to Prevent School Violence

“This work is deep. School Shootings targets isolation, rejection, antisocial behaviors, ready access to guns, and the accepted norm of violence in the media and in society.” - Amy Pincus Merwin, independent radio and video producer, InForm Productions

“So valuable to seeing the big picture of why this happens.” - Cindy Murdoch, parent of Thurston High shooting victim

“A compelling, informative read that delves into the missed signs of the world’s most infamous school shootings.” - Alan Lampe, Webmaster, www.Columbine-Angels.com