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dc.contributor.authorCantor, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorMullen, Paul
dc.contributor.authorAlpers, Phillip
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-11T01:45:57Z
dc.date.available2019-04-11T01:45:57Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.date.modified2007-03-13T21:55:35Z
dc.identifier.issn10936793
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3045
dc.description.abstractSeven cases of mass homicide in Australia, New Zealand, and Britain between 1987 and 1996 are presented. These cases add to the world literature on these rare crimes and balance previous, mostly North American reports. These acts were committed by socially unsuccessful, self-absorbed, and resentful individuals. Lengthy fantasy comprising identification, modeling, and rehearsal preceded the incidents, even where the final acts had impulsive elements. Most had a long-standing fascination with firearms fueling their fantasies and providing the means for mass killing. Their targets were mostly unprotected strangers. Overt suicidal intent or a preparedness to die while committing the homicides was invariable. Ethological theories of status acquisition may provide a useful understanding of mass homicide.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.publisher.urihttp://jaapl.org/content/28/1/55
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom55
dc.relation.ispartofpageto63
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleMass Homicide: The Civil Massacre
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2000
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorCantor, Christopher H.


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