Disillusioned young white men fill in blanks of a chilling profile
Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at 04:14PM
TheSpook
In an FBI report prepared in the wake of the Columbine
shootings, researchers identified a number of risk factors associated
with school shooters -- including a fascination with violence, a
tendency toward racial and ethnic bigotry and stereotyping, a lack of
empathy for others, and parents who don't allow them privacy and don't
closely monitor their behavior. In the study that looked at 18 cases,
most were white adolescent boys with decent school records. They shared
a propensity toward outsize resentment and hostility: Whether or not
they were picked on, they perceived themselves as the victims of
bullying."There's an element of paranoia. They feel the world has done
them wrong," says Michael Abramsky, a Birmingham psychologist who
specializes in criminal pathology. [more ]
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