School shooters have so far caused more than a hundred deaths and injured many hundreds more. The average age of these perpetrators is 15. The number of incidents is rising. The global leader in these sad statistics is the United States, ahead of Canada and Germany. The western world is unsettled: are our schools, once a place of refuge and safety, becoming dangerous? Researchers all around the world are investigating the "school shooter" phenomenon and are searching for motives to develop preventive measures.
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