1. Carolyn R. Fallahi, Ph. D. School Violence

2. Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold

3. Columbine – April 20, 1999

4. Why? School environment? Why aren’t we teaching morals? TV and Video games, AKA, violent media. Guns? Parents? As Michael Moore wondered…Marilyn Manson?

5. What should we do? Gun control? Make an attempt to identify potential school killers. Surveillance? Improve respect in school?

6. Zimbardo’s famous prison study

7. The Massacre at Jonestown - 1978 Reverend Jim Jones = People’s Temple settlement in Guyana Are these normal people? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSRKWb4LO3w

8. The Heaven’s Gate Suicides March 26, 1997 = 39 people found dead in an estate in the Rancho Santa Fe, CA area. They died in shifts, with some members helping others take a lethal cocktail of phenobarbital and vodka before downing their own doses of the fatal mixture. Heaven's Gate members believed that Hale-Bopp, an unusually bright comet, was the sign that they were supposed to shed their earthly bodies (or "containers") and join a spacecraft traveling behind the comet that would take them to a higher plane of existence.

9. Stanley Milgram’s famous experiment

10. Cassie Bernall

11. Klebold & Harris Motive? Extract Revenge Cause pain & humiliation James Gilligan & the male killer = violent behavior is an attempt to replace shame with pride – gain respect. The boy code = Take it like a man! Garbarino = young male criminals who kill at school.

12. Daniel Scruggs, Meriden, CT.

13. Virginia Tech

14. The role of Emotional Intelligence Peter Salovey – Yale University

15. What can we do? Oregon High school – 25% study body met the criteria for early signs of depression = groups based on developing emotional intelligence. Reducing bullying Olewus – Norway study = 90,000 school children Community-wide meetings focusing on parental education & teaching teachers to recognize & deal with bullies. Classes held to discuss specific ways to prevent bullying & befriend isolated/lonely children Cooperative learning. If bullying occurred….