Peter Fabbri Langman (born February 20, 1960) is an American

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and author. He is a known expert on school shooters.

Professional career

Langman received his B.A. in

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from

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the ...

, his M.A. in counseling psychology from

Lesley College Lesley University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of 2018-19 Lesley University enrolled 6,593 students (2,707 undergraduate and 3,886 graduate). History ...

, and his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Lehigh University. In 2009, he published his research on ten school shooters based on the analysis of the

Columbine High School massacre On April 20, 1999, a school shooting and attempted bombing occurred at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. The perpetrators, 12th grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. ...

, the

Virginia Tech shooting The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Seung-Hui Cho, an u ...

, the Red Lake shootings, the Thurston High School shooting, the Parker Middle School dance shooting, the Westside Middle School shootings, the

Heath High School shooting The Heath High School shooting occurred at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, United States, on December 1, 1997. 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on a group of students, killing three and injuring five. Shooting On Decemb ...

and the Bethel Regional High School shooting. Langman's book ''Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters'' has been translated into German, Finnish, and Dutch. When the book had been found in Munich shooter's home as well as in the Arapahoe High School shooter's home, a discourse began regarding whether the shooters had used the book as inspiration or for looking for a role model, someone to emulate. In 2015, he continued his research by extending the number of analysed school shooters from ten to 48 and published the book ''School Shooters: Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators''. On the website ''

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'', Langman writes a

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Books

* Peter Langman: ''Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters''. Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2009. * Peter Langman: ''School Shooters: Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators''.

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Lanham 2015 * Peter Langman: ''Jewish Issues in Multiculturalism: A Handbook for Educators and Clinicians''.

Jason Aronson Jason Aronson was an American publisher of books in the field of psychotherapy. Topics dealt with in these books include child therapy, family therapy, couple therapy, object relations therapy, play therapy, depression, eating disorders, persona ...

1999 * Peter Langman: ''The Last Days of John Keats and Other Poems''. 2009 * Peter Langman: ''A qualitative investigation of multicultural education''. ( Dissertation) 2000

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langman, Peter F. 1960 births Living people 21st-century American psychologists American psychology writers Clark University alumni Lesley University alumni Lehigh University alumni Writers from Allentown, Pennsylvania 20th-century American psychologists