Steve Irwin once said, “No matter where you go in America, you turn the tele on and you’re confronted with violence.” Irwin makes a very sad but valid point in that violence is everywhere in the United States. In recent years, a quite common violent crime has drawn the attention of many, school shootings. These events have changed school communities across the nation in that law enforcement and school administrators are continuously looking for ways to make the school community safer. School shootings have become a major concern in the United States and have negatively affected the nation for a host of reasons, which include the shooters’ motivations, the increase in security systems and policies, as well as the impact on students and communities.
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Stereotypically, the population of wealthy Caucasians is looked at as the “better” race and financial status. Society tends to ignore this population as a cause of crimes like school shootings because they think so highly of this group, therefore, think that they would be the last to commit such a crime. In a book titled School Shootings, Laura K. Egendorf explains the possible causes, outcomes, and unreasonable causes of school shootings. Stereotypes are a subject Egendorf touches on explaining how many white American people avoid the "black, brown, poor" people that live in the cities thinking that it will prevent problems of violence (i.e. school shootings). However, this is almost never the case. The mass-murders that happen in school shootings almost always occurs in the "white" suburbs or rural areas (Egendorf 40). People with the mindset that one race or social group is better than another look to others as the cause of these problems because they believe that they are superior to everyone else. However, this is rarely the case since there is never a single group, as a whole, at fault. Events like school shootings do not have one race or social group as the root cause. This root cause cannot be identified as one specific element because it does vary from case to case. The people that think like this negatively affect the community because they try to avoid the …show more content…
Many do feel sympathy for the schools and students directly impacted, however, some feel the need to spread the evil in their own communities by committing a violent crime. In an article written by Mark Follman, he describes the effects of school shootings with a broader point of view. He explains how students tend to “copy-cat” when shootings occur and that in many cases of violent crimes at schools, the suspects plan the attack on the anniversary of other major shootings, specifically Columbine (Follman 4). Students who spread the crime are a huge reason why school shootings have not been eliminated because they feel the need to “celebrate” the anniversaries of these tragic events. However, these children do not realize that what they are doing is only further damaging their communities and making matters worse. School shootings become a domino effect because of the students that “copy-cat” the events, a shooting occurs, security increases, mental illness increases, and the cycle continues. The effect now is on the entire nation, not just a single community because violence is now a growing issue in the United States and it is continuing to negatively impact the
Stereotypically, the population of wealthy Caucasians is looked at as the “better” race and financial status. Society tends to ignore this population as a cause of crimes like school shootings because they think so highly of this group, therefore, think that they would be the last to commit such a crime. In a book titled School Shootings, Laura K. Egendorf explains the possible causes, outcomes, and unreasonable causes of school shootings. Stereotypes are a subject Egendorf touches on explaining how many white American people avoid the "black, brown, poor" people that live in the cities thinking that it will prevent problems of violence (i.e. school shootings). However, this is almost never the case. The mass-murders that happen in school shootings almost always occurs in the "white" suburbs or rural areas (Egendorf 40). People with the mindset that one race or social group is better than another look to others as the cause of these problems because they believe that they are superior to everyone else. However, this is rarely the case since there is never a single group, as a whole, at fault. Events like school shootings do not have one race or social group as the root cause. This root cause cannot be identified as one specific element because it does vary from case to case. The people that think like this negatively affect the community because they try to avoid the …show more content…
Many do feel sympathy for the schools and students directly impacted, however, some feel the need to spread the evil in their own communities by committing a violent crime. In an article written by Mark Follman, he describes the effects of school shootings with a broader point of view. He explains how students tend to “copy-cat” when shootings occur and that in many cases of violent crimes at schools, the suspects plan the attack on the anniversary of other major shootings, specifically Columbine (Follman 4). Students who spread the crime are a huge reason why school shootings have not been eliminated because they feel the need to “celebrate” the anniversaries of these tragic events. However, these children do not realize that what they are doing is only further damaging their communities and making matters worse. School shootings become a domino effect because of the students that “copy-cat” the events, a shooting occurs, security increases, mental illness increases, and the cycle continues. The effect now is on the entire nation, not just a single community because violence is now a growing issue in the United States and it is continuing to negatively impact the