TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting the virginia tech shootings
T2 - An ecological systems analysis
AU - Hong, Jun Sung
AU - Cho, Hyunkag
AU - Alvin, Shiulain Lee
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - School shooting cases since the late 1990s have prompted school officials and legislators to develop and implement programs and measures that would prevent violence in school. Despite the number of explanations by the media, politicians, organizations, and researchers about the etiology of school shootings, we are not united in our understanding of the risk factors, particularly those relevant to racial minorities and immigrants. This article examines the Virginia Tech shooting incident using Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory. We assess a number of risk factors that operate within five system levels (the micro, meso, exo, macro, and chrono systems) and draw implications for assessment and intervention.
AB - School shooting cases since the late 1990s have prompted school officials and legislators to develop and implement programs and measures that would prevent violence in school. Despite the number of explanations by the media, politicians, organizations, and researchers about the etiology of school shootings, we are not united in our understanding of the risk factors, particularly those relevant to racial minorities and immigrants. This article examines the Virginia Tech shooting incident using Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory. We assess a number of risk factors that operate within five system levels (the micro, meso, exo, macro, and chrono systems) and draw implications for assessment and intervention.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78149378850&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15325024.2010.519285
DO - 10.1080/15325024.2010.519285
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78149378850
SN - 1532-5024
VL - 15
SP - 561
EP - 575
JO - Journal of Loss and Trauma
JF - Journal of Loss and Trauma
IS - 6
ER -
