From Norway To America, Why Are Young Men Committing Mass Killings?
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:02
in Psychology & Sociology
Recent mass killings in Norway, America and in numerous countries have happened at locations as different as schools, movie theaters, and marathons. Though the actual number of mass killings has not changed in 30 years, they get a lot more attention now. One trait they all share in common is psychiatric medication but unsurprisingly the biggest focus in a roundtable discussion among film studies scholars, psychiatrists and psychologists in a publication named Violence and Gender is that they were all young males. The participants speculate about the possible reasons for high incidence of these crimes and the motives of the young male perpetrators. read more