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Psychological Predictors of Mass-Murdering in Adolescents: Exploring the Psychological and Criminological Research

Psychological Predictors of Mass-Murdering in Adolescents: Exploring the Psychological and Criminological Research

Giulia Perasso, Elena Carraro, Jeffrey De Marco
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781799849575|ISBN10: 1799849570|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799869795|EISBN13: 9781799849582
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4957-5.ch002
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Perasso, Giulia, et al. "Psychological Predictors of Mass-Murdering in Adolescents: Exploring the Psychological and Criminological Research." Mitigating Mass Violence and Managing Threats in Contemporary Society, edited by Gordon A. Crews, et al., IGI Global, 2021, pp. 18-34. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4957-5.ch002

APA

Perasso, G., Carraro, E., & De Marco, J. (2021). Psychological Predictors of Mass-Murdering in Adolescents: Exploring the Psychological and Criminological Research. In G. Crews, M. Markey, & S. Kerr (Eds.), Mitigating Mass Violence and Managing Threats in Contemporary Society (pp. 18-34). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4957-5.ch002

Chicago

Perasso, Giulia, Elena Carraro, and Jeffrey De Marco. "Psychological Predictors of Mass-Murdering in Adolescents: Exploring the Psychological and Criminological Research." In Mitigating Mass Violence and Managing Threats in Contemporary Society, edited by Gordon A. Crews, Mary Ann Markey, and Selina E.M. Kerr, 18-34. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4957-5.ch002

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Abstract

The chapter describes and critically evaluates predictors of MM in adolescents. The review combines psychological and criminological theories, aiming to better understand the phenomenon. The methodology includes (1) literature review of scientific papers and (2) software-based text-analysis on crime-news. This integration will provide a critical view of adolescents who commit MM from both scientific and media content. Through a detailed description of MM's risk factors among adolescents, this chapter aims at increasing parents', school leaders', school counselors', social workers', teachers', and health professionals' knowledge on the phenomenon. In this way, families and institutions may be able to build prompt, preventative, and tailored strategies to counteract MM.

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