School_Violence

School Violence On December 1, Michael Carneal opened fire in the lobby of his high school just as a Morning Prayer group was breaking up. Killing 3 and wounding 5 with the .22 caliber pistol he allegedly stole. Defense attorney's filed a motion to let their client plead mentally ill on all charges. A defense psychiatric report characterizes Carneal as suffering from a form of chronic depression accompanied by feelings of low self-esteem and worthlessness. He also showed traits of paranoia and schizophrenia like personality disorder that results in a social and emotional detachment. (http://www.onlineathens.com/1998/100498/1004.a3spree.html) Since 1996 there have been over 23 school related shootings all over the United States, from New York, New York, to Bethel, Alaska. Like, Michael Carneal, many of the other students involved in these incidents suffered from some kind of emotional problem. It seems to me that individuals with behavior disorders are involved in more incidents than their non-violent peers. It is not to say that every student who suffers from depression will walk into a school and just start shooting. There are literally millions of children with the same or similar diagnosis who do not. (http://www.add.about.com/library/weekly/aa052599.htm) However, there is evidence that school, violence, students, involved, student, just, disorder, depression, been, wounded, two, shooting, prescribed, mental, killed, high, fire, drugs, commit, carneal, behavior, york, united, treated, taking, suffering, suffered, states, spencer, six, shootings, problem, peers, over