Lethal school violence in Scandinavia: development of an incident typology and suggestions for prevention

• In this paper we address the question of lethal school violence and suggest some preventive strategies. Previous studies in the field has been dominated of cases from the U.S. or Germany, but in this paper we instead focus on lethal violence which has occurred in Scandinavia. Previous research of lethal violence and prevention against it often stresses the complexity and limitations in research. Mainly since the impossibility to profile perpetrators or make lists of warnings signs. In addition, since lethal violence are rare events, there are methodologic challenges related to studies of the phenomena. In the study the included cases are different acts of lethal violence, occurred 1961-2016 (n=12). In the first analysis the aim is to construct a typology, and in the second analysis the typology is used for analysing suitable prevention strategies. The study emphasizing the relation between perpetrator, victim, school and traceable motive in the typology, and the result conclude three different types of lethal violence. The first is based on interpersonal revenge, the second institutional revenge and the third societal revenge. Two prevention strategies seems suitable one aiming at schools organizational structure and the second to architectural decisions in the design process.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Juridik -- Juridik och samhälle (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Law -- Law and Society (hsv//eng)

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typology

school violence

threat assessment team

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