Arch Pediat Adol Med
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Sep 2001
Threats of school violence in Pennsylvania after media coverage of the Columbine High School massacre: examining the role of imitation.
Following the April 20, 1999, massacre at Columbine High School, Littleton, Colo, school administrators, law enforcement officials, and the media reported a rash of successive bomb threats and threats of school violence that were attributed to imitation. ⋯ Successive threats of violence follow a publicized act of school violence. The media should recognize that imitation threats can occur and craft their stories accordingly.