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ARTICLES

Rampage School Shooters: A Typology

  1. This article appeared in the professional journal Aggression and Violent Behavior (published by Elsevier). The article provides a brief overview of the scholarly literature on school shooters, followed by a presentation of my typology.
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Expanding the Sample: Five School Shooters [1.3]

  1. This article presents five school shooters from 1975 through 2007, classifies them within my typology, and compares them to the ten shooters discussed in Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters. The five shooters are Robert Poulin, Brenda Spencer, Wayne Lo, Luke Woodham, and Asa Coon.
    12 pages | 356 Kb | Download PDF

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

Legal and Mental Health Records of Seung Hui Cho

  1. On April 16, 2007, Seung Hui Cho committed a rampage attack at Virginia Tech. The following documents include the records of three incidents that brought him to the attention of the university police in 2005, his subsequent court order for a mental health evaluation, and his mental health records. There is also the document of a speeding ticket he received shortly before the attack, a search warrant completed after the attack, as well as the court order following the attack for unsealing the audio record of his commitment hearing in 2005.
    68 pages | 9.8 Mb | Download PDF

Richard McBeef (a play by Seung Hui Cho)

  1. This play was written by Seung Hui Cho while a student at Virginia Tech.

  2. 10 pages | 328 Kb | Download PDF

Mr. Brownstone (a play by Seung Hui Cho)

  1. This play was written by Seung Hui Cho while a student at Virginia Tech. The title is from a song by Guns ’N Roses and the play quotes the lyrics.

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Cho’s English Department E-mails

  1. This file contains e-mails to, from, and about Seung Hui Cho, as well as poetry and fiction of his and a statement from his family. The e-mails are from both before and after the attack (most from before) and are not in order.
    94 pages | 3.4 Mb | Download PDF

Seung Hui Cho’s “Manifesto”

  1. Cho sent what has been described as a “multimedia manifesto” to MSNBC on the day of his attack at Virginia Tech. This included 23 pages of photographs and text. This document contains the text.
    4 pages | 82 Kb | Download PDF

OFFICIAL REPORTS

Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech: Report of the Review Panel

  1. This is the official findings of the review panel from August 2007.
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Virginia Tech: Addendum to the Official Report

  1. This report, released in November 2009, is a revised version of the original report.
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