@article{ref1,
title="Gary Scott Pennington: distal and proximal shame in a school rampage shooting",
journal="Violence and gender",
year="2014",
author="Fast, Jonathan",
volume="1",
number="3",
pages="134-142",
abstract="On January 19, 1993, Gary Scott Pennington, an impoverished 17-year-old from Grayson, Kentucky, brought his mother's.38-caliber revolver to school concealed in his backpack and, during English class, shot his teacher, with whom he had disputed a grade, and the school custodian. This case merits special attention because it was one of the earliest of what the FBI refers to as a &quot;targeted school shooting,&quot; and has some unusual characteristics, such as Pennington's intelligence and intellectual curiosity; the reenactment, during the crime, of details from a Stephen King book he had recently read; and the cessation of his stuttering after the crime. The case is interpreted through the use of shame theory. The concepts of distal shame and proximal shame are introduced as a means of understanding motive in school rampage shootings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2326-7836",
doi="10.1089/vio.2014.0004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vio.2014.0004"
}