@article{ref1,
title="A cross-cultural review of sudden mass assault by a single individual in the oriental and occidental cultures",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2000",
author="Hempel, A. G. and Levine, R. E. and Meloy, J. R. and Westermeyer, J.",
volume="45",
number="3",
pages="582-588",
abstract="A nonrandom sample of North American cases of sudden mass assault by a single individual (SMASI, n = 30) is compared with a nonrandom sample of Laotian amok cases (n = 18) and other amok studies. Perpetrators in both studies show evidence of social isolation, loss, depression, anger, pathological narcissism, and paranoia, often to a psychotic degree. The term &quot;innovative perpetrator&quot; is reintroduced and expanded upon. Similarities among samples far outweigh differences, leading the authors to conclude that SMASI and its appearance in different cultures is not a culture-bound syndrome.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}