Week 14 Mass shootings lecture 23 Flashcards
shootings involving four or more victims who are injured or killed in a public location and chosen randomly
mass shootings
- they are typically premeditated
- isolated events, meaning they are not connected to another criminal act
- increasing over time
mass shootings
- suicide following homicide uncommon
- avoid media attention for shootings
street shootings
- suicide following homicide very common
- seek media attention for shootings
mass shooters
trinity of violence as a recipe for mass shootings
- availability of a weapon capable of killing many people in a short time
- motivated offender
- target
- mental illness is often used to explain mass shootings
- found that ___ of the perpetrators of mass shootings has a psychiatric diagnosis
60%
- another risk factor used to explain mass shootings
- mass shootings in the past 100 years found that ___ of the perpetrators were males
99%
society puts strain on individuals to achieve socially valued goals (American dream), though lack of means
- this strain may make individuals commit crimes
- crimes are committed by those who have experienced strain in an uncontrolled manner
strain theory
- long term strain occurs (bullying, unemployment)
- uncontrolled strain occurs (individual is cut off from others who can help buffer the strain)
- acute strain occurs to spark the shootings (loss os something valuable)
- planning occurs followed by the actual attack
sequence school shootings often follow
the tendency of sensational publicity about violent deaths to result in similar violent deaths
copycat effect
when a mass killing occurs, there is a heightened probability of another occurring in the near future
contagion
many mass shooters have ________ tendencies
narcissistic
