Pulitzer Prize Nominated Author To Speak On Youth Violence
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Pulitzer Prize nominee and one of the world's leading experts on interpersonal aggression and violence, will be in Ottumwa giving his presentation entitled "Lessons from Jonesboro, Littleton, and Vietnam: How Kids are Learning to Kill and Learning to Like It." Wapello County Emergency Management Agency and Region 5 of the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management are hosting the daylong seminar.
The seminar will be held on Thursday, February 25th, 9AM to 4 PM at Ottumwa's Bridge View Center at 102 Church Street. This event is free of charge, through a grant from the federal Department of Homeland Security. Lunch will be provided.
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Col. Grossman's book, Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society was a 1995 Pulitzer Prize nominee. As an internationally recognized authority on the causes of violent crime, Grossman was a trainer of health professionals, law enforcement and first responders after the school shootings in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Springfield, Oregon; Littleton, Colorado; West Nickel Mines Amish School, Pennsylvania; and Virginia Tech. Grossman was also called as an expert witness and consultant in U.S. v Timothy McVeigh and the Paducah school shooting case. He has also testified before U.S. Senate and House committees. Former psychology professor at West Point and Director of Killology Research Group, Grossman has devoted himself to teaching, writing, speaking and research.
More information about Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is available online at his website.
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