DETERMINANTS OF THE SCHOOLSHOOTING ACTS
The paper provides analysis of the causes and conditions leading to school shooting incidents. It is noted that currently we can differentiate between the following determinants of mass murders in educational facilities: - At the macro environment level: the political situation in the country, the social and economic conditions in the society; - At the microenvironment level: a toxic atmosphere in a family (conflicts, violence, lack of communication with relatives and close friends, encouragement of aggressive behavior, hypo- and hypercare, all of which factors combined or individually form emotional deprivation, i.e. a deficit or complete absence of emotional contact), bullying, impact of violent computer games on the behavior of minors. Particular attention is given to destructive groups existing on the Internet which cultivate the Columbine culture, promote the ideology of violence, murder and suicide, and to their impact on the personality of potential shooters. Emphasis is placed on certain psychological problems and disorders (theomania), which among other things lead to school shooting incidents.