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School stabbings in Finland - Sanna Jokinen 2013

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The document discusses school stabbings in Finland, defining them as incidents occurring at an educational institution where a student uses an edged weapon like a knife to threaten or injure at least one other student, teacher, or staff member. It analyzes eight cases between 2014-2018 where bullied 14-18 year old boys carried out planned attacks, usually during the school day, targeting those seen as weak. While media only reported some cases, forums indicate there were likely more incidents than recorded. More research is needed since comprehensive statistics on school stabbings do not exist.

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School stabbings in Finland Sanna Jokinen, 2013
Definition: School stabbings (Sanna Jokinen, 2013) School stabbing characteristics can be divided into five parts: 1. Venue: Educational institution or the yard 2. The author is enrolled student 3. Weapon: Edged weapon (knife, pocketknife...) 4. Act is prepared and shocking 5. Damaging at least one human When the first four criteria are fulfilled the act can be described as a threatening school stabbing. This helps to separate accident situations from real threat situations, as well as impulsive acts from planned. If all the criteria except the victim number are met, case can be seen as a threatening school stabbing. Targets of the threats or the acts can be students, teachers and staff.
Finland school stabbings 8 cases Bullied 14-18 -year old boys In the cases can be found specific pattern Happens during the school day One man army The number of victims often depends on the other reactions 1-4 victims Can be compared to school shootings There are probably more school stabbings in Finland than media records show Not impulsive acts Victims are usually weak or familiar (easy to surprise)
About the research... There are no real statistics of cases. Cases are collected from the Finnish electronic media (Iltalehti, Ilta-sanomat, MTV3, etc.) There were 13 cases which 8 fulfilled the terms and conditions Forums suggest that the proportion of cases are more common than we think

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School stabbings in Finland - Sanna Jokinen 2013

  • 1. School stabbings in Finland Sanna Jokinen, 2013
  • 2. Definition: School stabbings (Sanna Jokinen, 2013) School stabbing characteristics can be divided into five parts: 1. Venue: Educational institution or the yard 2. The author is enrolled student 3. Weapon: Edged weapon (knife, pocketknife...) 4. Act is prepared and shocking 5. Damaging at least one human When the first four criteria are fulfilled the act can be described as a threatening school stabbing. This helps to separate accident situations from real threat situations, as well as impulsive acts from planned. If all the criteria except the victim number are met, case can be seen as a threatening school stabbing. Targets of the threats or the acts can be students, teachers and staff.
  • 3. Finland school stabbings 8 cases Bullied 14-18 -year old boys In the cases can be found specific pattern Happens during the school day One man army The number of victims often depends on the other reactions 1-4 victims Can be compared to school shootings There are probably more school stabbings in Finland than media records show Not impulsive acts Victims are usually weak or familiar (easy to surprise)
  • 4. About the research... There are no real statistics of cases. Cases are collected from the Finnish electronic media (Iltalehti, Ilta-sanomat, MTV3, etc.) There were 13 cases which 8 fulfilled the terms and conditions Forums suggest that the proportion of cases are more common than we think