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Parents worry about their children's safety at schools, and why wouldn't they with school violence on the rise in America's schools? Schools are supposed to be safe havens for teaching and learning, free of crime and violence, and yet more and more students are experiencing incidents of theft, violence and violent deaths. More security measures are being put into place but what good is that when we can't identify who might commit these acts of school violence and prevent future cases? In School Killers Speak, Gordon A. Crews provides a comprehensive analysis of the acts of 78 currently incarcerated school violence perpetrators who committed their acts of violence between 1979 and 2011. Of this number, he obtained projected thoughts and feelings in relation to their acts of violence and personal interviews about their lives and commentary on the current state of school violence in America. No one has ever provided such in-depth information about what many school violence offenders' thoughts and feelings were before the decision to commit violence, while planning the violence, during the violence, and during the aftermath of the violent event. With this information he is able to separate these events and perpetrators into four types: (1) Traditional, (2) Gang Related, (3) Associated and/or Mentally Ill, and, (4) Non-Associated and/or Mentally Ill, providing a better understanding of how and why these differences are significant. By knowing the different types of offender, administrators and parents can better predict the types of threats they pose and what security measures need to be taken to protect schools. It's the truth, administrators and parents need an accurate understanding of the extent, nature, and context of the problem in order to isolate and prevent future incidents of extreme school violence. Learning from the past, and reading what school violence offenders had to say, is definitely what we need to have the safety we want in our schools.

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School Killers Speak provides a comprehensive overview of extreme forms of school violence, from the nature of catastrophic events and the motivations of various perpetrator types to recommendations for enhancing school safety. Crews advances the knowledge base regarding school shootings and related critical events in this well-researched book apt to benefit academe and school policy planning alike. -- J. Mitchell Miller, Professor, University of North Florida; Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Fellow Policy is often driven by media sensationalism, not research. Crews has astutely circumvented this typical approach by capturing the voices of perpetrators; students, researchers, and policymakers would do well to listen. -- Risdon N. Slate, Chair and Professor of Criminology at Florida Southern College; lead author of Criminalization of Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity for the Justice System In a day and age when our perception of school violence is clouded by hyperbole and haphazard media coverage, Gordon Crews provides us with an empirically-based, mixed methods approach that is a welcome addition to this controversial and often misunderstood topic. -- Hayden Griffin, Phd, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama Birmingham Gordon Crews' work is painstakingly researched and provides an excellent analysis of a social problem which is particularly relevant in today's society. Not only that, but, this book is very accessible and a compelling read. -- Gavin Lee, Phd, Assistant Professor, University of West Georgia This book is both useful to the understanding of today's school violence issues as well as a fun read. Chapter 7, Charges, Trials, Pleas, Convictions, and Sentences, is like reading a crime TV show. Crews' approach to writing about school violence is second to none. -- Harrison Watts, Phd, Associate Professor, Our Lady of the Lake University

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Gordon A. Crews, PhD, is a professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology and Dean of the School of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences at Tiffin University. Crews has shared his expertise in the realm of criminal justice with published books, journal articles, and book chapters that deal with juvenile and school violence, occult/satanic involvement of youth, as well as various law enforcement and correctional issues. He assisted in the development of the The School of Security Studies, Cyber Intelligence and Data Analytics (S3-cida) and founded the Center for Justice and Social Research at Tiffin University. As an acting professor and former police officer, his experience and respect in the field of criminal justice has earned him a consultant position on national and international networks and news shows including Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper 360, Nancy Grace, The Abrams Report, Greta Van Susteren, CNN, MSNBC, African National Television and Due Diligence on Voice of Russia Radio Network.

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