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An 8 page paper which examines the event at Columbine and discusses how labeling theory of criminology can be applied to the shootings. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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for many individuals and families. In this particular event two teenaged boys, who clearly had some personal problems, took it upon themselves to seek some sort of revenge, or seek
some sort of attention, by going into their school and shooting people, and then turning the guns on themselves. It is an event that still confounds today as many professionals
attempt to determine why these young men committed such a horrible act, in an attempt to hopefully avoid a similar event in the future. One of the ways in which
professionals are looking at the event, in relationship to understanding it involves criminology and various theories that may explain what happened. The following paper first examines, briefly, what happened at
Columbine and the boys that were involved. The paper then examines labeling theory and lastly examines how labeling theories can explain Columbine. Columbine In 1999 "Eric Harris and
Dylan Klebold murdered twelve fellow students and a teacher before turning their guns on themselves. Had they managed to detonate the two 20-gallon propane bombs they placed in the school
cafeteria, they would have killed hundreds more" (Bramwell, 2004). Apparently they had demonstrated, well before this event, that they were individuals who had some serious problems. For example, it was
noted that they had previously made a video, for their class, wherein they killed "a jock on school grounds" (Bramwell, 2004). This is something that is clearly not considered normal
behavior and as such demonstrates the fact that the boys had some problems. One author notes that "The Columbine shooters, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, exemplify not only school shooters,
but juvenile delinquents in general" (Muschert, 2009). At the same time, it also seems that the two boys were very different from one another and that they did not
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