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Kip Kinkel Research Paper
Social Psychology
Dr. Allison

The Kip Kinkel Story Looking at the trials and tribulations of an average adolescent’s life, there are many times of stress, trouble, and hopefully growth. If there are compounding instances of setbacks and hardships, this could be very detrimental to the development of a young mind. There are never any definitive answers as to why any of these young individuals who commit terrible acts of violence did what they did. There are multiple instances throughout their upbringing that can give some insight as to what could have led to the execution of a horrendous violent outbreak. Kip Kinkel was a lonely soul that fell into one of those instances of terrible violence outbursts. When looking at all of the past

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