TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - A comparative analysis of North American adolescent and adult mass murderers
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Meloy, J. Reid
A1  - Hempel, Anthony G.
A1  - Gray, B. Thomas
A1  - Mohandie, Kris
A1  - Shiva, Andrew
A1  - Richards, Thomas C.
SP  - 291
EP  - 309
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - Thirty adult mass murderers and 34 adolescent mass murderers in North America are compared on both offender and offense variables to delineate similarities and differences. Findings indicate a plethora of psychiatric disturbances and odd/reclusive and acting-out personality traits. Predisposing factors include a fascination with weapons and war among many of the adolescents and the development of a "warrior mentality" in most of the adults. Precipitating factors indicate a major rejection or loss in the hours or days preceding the mass murder. Results are interpreted through the lens of threat assessment for targeted violence (Borum, Fein, Vossekuil, & Bergland 1999), recognizing that a fact-based, dynamic behavioral approach is most useful for mitigating risk of such an extremely low-base-rate violent crime.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.586
ID  - ref1
ER  -