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an interview U of M school violence expert available for interviews
With the recent murder of six school children in small-town Pennsylvania, the past week has now seen three different school shootings across the country. While one reportedly involved revenge by a student on his principal, the others were more difficult to make sense of with adults preying on children in class. A University of Minnesota expert who has studied these types of situations and can comment on the tragedies is:
Edward Taylor, University of Minnesota professor of social work
Taylor is available to discuss the issues surrounding the recent violence. He is currently completing a research article on the developmental histories of more than 200 people who were violent and had schizophrenia. He has also done a survey of high school students’ fears about school violence. While he has been focusing on these relevant issues as a researcher, he is still shocked by the killings and trying to “make sense and meaning out of these events.”
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