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Lester, David, Steven Stack, Armin Schmidtke, Sylvia Schaller, and I. Müller. "The Deadliness of Mass Murderers." Psychological Reports 94, no. 3_suppl (2004): 1404. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.94.3c.1404-1404.

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LESTER, DAVID. "THE DEADLINESS OF MASS MURDERERS." Psychological Reports 94, no. 3 (2004): 1404. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.94.3.1404-1404.

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Астахова, Армини Аветиковна, and Юлия Александровна Кошкарова. "“MASK OF NORMALITY” OF MASS MURDERERS." Pedagogical Review, no. 4(44) (August 1, 2022): 144–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.23951/2307-6127-2022-4-144-151.

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Исследован феномен «маски нормальности» массовых убийц и ключевые элементы деструктивного молодежного движения «Колумбайн». Приведены примеры исследований «Колумбайна», психопатий, скулшутинга. Дана характеристика социально-психологическому профилю «маски нормальности» скулшутера. Описано, что различные формы психопатий могут иметь размытые границы и обладать качествами «нормального характера», а также чаще встречаются в смешанном виде и могут переходить в глубокую патологию. Многообразие и неустойчивость психопатий затрудняют диагностику и оценку клинической картины и определение единого диагноза для лиц, совершивших массовые убийства. Актуальной задачей остается разработка стандарта диагностических инструментов и правового поля для ранней диагностики психопатических личностей с «маской нормальности», которые потенциально могут присоединиться к деструктивной субкультуре «Колумбайна». The phenomenon of the “mask of normality” of mass murderers and the key elements of the destructive Columbine youth movement are investigated. The popularity of the destructive Columbine subculture among young people, its cross-border nature, the dynamics of the number of fans growth in the Russian segment of the Internet, morу frequent attempts to implement mass killings in Russian educational institutions determine the relevance of the study. Examples of studies of Columbine, psychopathies, and school shooting are given. The characteristic of the socio-psychological profile of the school shooter’s “mask of normality” is given. The “mask of normality” of a mass murderer manifests itself in a state of mental stability that occurs after a momentary release of unconscious energy. It is described that various forms of psychopathies may have blurred boundaries and possess the qualities of a “normal character”. These forms are also more common in a mixed form and may develop into a deep pathology. The diversity and instability of psychopathies makes it difficult to diagnose and assess the clinical picture and to determine a single diagnosis for the perpetrators of mass murder. Developing a standard of diagnostic tools and a legal framework for the early diagnosis of psychopathic individuals with a “mask of normality” who can potentially join the destructive subculture of Columbine remains an urgent task.
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Ioanid, Radu. "When Mass Murderers Become Good Men." Journal of Holocaust Education 4, no. 1 (1995): 92–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17504902.1995.11102021.

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KIDO, Mayumi, and Keita OCHI. "Behavioral Patterns of Mass murderers (1)." Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 74 (September 20, 2010): 3PM135. http://dx.doi.org/10.4992/pacjpa.74.0_3pm135.

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OCHI, Keita, and Mayumi KIDO. "Behavioral Patterns of Mass murderers (2)." Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 74 (September 20, 2010): 3PM136. http://dx.doi.org/10.4992/pacjpa.74.0_3pm136.

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Ceobanu, Andrei. "Chemical Methods for Revealing Latent Fingerprints on Wooden Surfaces and in their Mass." European Journal of Law and Public Administration 9, no. 1 (2022): 88–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/eljpa/9.1/173.

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Fingerprints are used since 19th century by Police forces to identify criminals and murderers. In 20th century the evolution of science contributed to develop forensic methods for revealing latent fingerprints. One of the most used chemical method for revealing latent fingerprints on documents and paper objects is made by using Ninhydrin. This substance has great results but is affecting the characteristics of ink or other scriptural substances. In 21st century, scientists developed a new method in this field using a new discovered substance named Indandione. The new substance is more used by forensic scientists than Ninhydrin. Forensic literature has not documented the results of Ninhydrin applied on wooden surfaces. Using Ninhydrin on these surfaces, natural wood which has not applied varnish film, forensic scientists or specialists will have surprising results. On wood surfaces without varnish film, Ninhydrin acts like on the paper but the time interval from applying Ninhydrin and revealing fingerprints is longer, about one week, with daily treatments. Treatment with Ninhydrin on wooden surfaces was not too documented by forensic scientists because, in developed countries, murders committed using wooden instruments has a small rate. In my country, majority of murders are committed in rural communities where the level of education is commonly low and people are using this kind of weapons to commit crimes (axes, pitchforks, etc.). By using Ninhydrin I achieved an identification of a murderer. This method can be successfully developed and use in forensics.
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Allwinn, Mirko, Jens Hoffmann, and J. Reid Meloy. "German mass murderers and their proximal warning behaviors." Journal of Threat Assessment and Management 6, no. 1 (2019): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tam0000122.

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Fox, Jaclyn M., Michael Brook, John Stratton, and Robert E. Hanlon. "Neuropsychological profiles and descriptive classifications of mass murderers." Aggression and Violent Behavior 30 (September 2016): 94–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2016.06.014.

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Silver, James, John Horgan, and Paul Gill. "Shared Struggles? Cumulative Strain Theory and Public Mass Murderers From 1990 to 2014." Homicide Studies 23, no. 1 (2018): 64–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1088767918802881.

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Scholars have urged a shift in research on mass murder from the creation of typologies to theoretically rich, data-driven comparative examinations of the phenomenon. We seek to redress such calls in two ways. First, we analyze a unique sample of public mass murderers through the multistage explanatory model of cumulative strain theory. Second, we use a comparison group of similarly violent offenders—lone actor terrorists—to provide context to our findings. The results demonstrate that cumulative strain theory usefully describes the trajectory toward violence of public mass murderers, more so when a concept implicit in the theory—grievance—is made explicit.
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Antonova, Nina D., and Andrey V. Golenkov. "THE IMPACT OF FIREARMS AVAILABILITY ON THE FREQUENCY OF HOMICIDES AND SUICIDES." Acta medica Eurasica, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 85–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.47026/2413-4864-2022-3-85-98.

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The mortality of the population from external causes ranks third after circulatory diseases and oncological pathology. The purpose of the review is to study the prevalence of firearms in the regions of the world and its impact on the frequency of homicides and suicides (intentional external causes of death) in various socio-demographic groups of the population. The issue of allowing firearms is solved in different ways – from a ban on its storage, carrying and use among the population to free sale and wide circulation in a particular country. In general, there is a growing trend in the number of people owning firearms, including the Russian Federation and its subjects. Availability of firearms at home, as well as free access to their use (among police officers, military personnel, etc.) increases the risk of suicide in these population groups several times with lethal outcomes in 85–91% of cases. Although the murder rate has been declining in recent years in the world and Russia, the share of violent crimes involving firearms is increasing. The number of mass murders committed by young people (schoolchildren, students, military personnel, recently conscripted into the army), whose victims are primarily their peers, is growing. Both murders and suicides are many (3-9) times more likely to be committed by males of mature (able-bodied) age. People having previous criminal records for illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, possession of firearms and other misdeeds often turn out to be murderers, and persons with mental pathology – self-murderers. At this, murders with subsequent suicide are most often committed with the use of firearms. Legislative restrictions on trafficking in firearms contribute primarily to reducing mass murders, as well as to reducing its use as instruments of murder and suicide.
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Silver, James, William Fisher, and John Horgan. "Public Mass Murderers and Federal Mental Health Background Checks." Law & Policy 40, no. 2 (2018): 133–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lapo.12102.

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Stone, Dan. "Ordinary People as Mass Murderers: Perpetrators in Comparative Perspective." Journal of Genocide Research 12, no. 3-4 (2010): 283–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14623521003633552.

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Lankford, Adam. "Mass murderers in the United States: predictors of offender deaths." Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 26, no. 5 (2015): 586–600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2015.1054858.

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Lake, C. Ray. "This issue: Justification for Breaking the Goldwater Rule: Mass Murderers’ Diagnoses." Psychiatric Annals 44, no. 5 (2014): 211–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20140502-03.

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Allely, Clare S., Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson, and Christopher Gillberg. "Neurodevelopmental and psychosocial risk factors in serial killers and mass murderers." Aggression and Violent Behavior 19, no. 3 (2014): 288–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2014.04.004.

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Silver, James, John Horgan, and Paul Gill. "Foreshadowing targeted violence: Assessing leakage of intent by public mass murderers." Aggression and Violent Behavior 38 (January 2018): 94–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2017.12.002.

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Meloy, J. Reid, Anthony G. Hempel, B. Thomas Gray, Kris Mohandie, Andrew Shiva, and Thomas C. Richards. "A comparative analysis of North American adolescent and adult mass murderers." Behavioral Sciences & the Law 22, no. 3 (2004): 291–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.586.

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Gill, Paul, James Silver, John Horgan, Emily Corner, and Noémie Bouhana. "Similar crimes, similar behaviors? Comparing lone‐actor terrorists and public mass murderers." Journal of Forensic Sciences 66, no. 5 (2021): 1797–804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14793.

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MELOY, J. REID, ANTHONY G. HEMPEL, KRIS MOHANDIE, ANDREW A. SHIVA, and B. THOMAS GRAY. "Offender and Offense Characteristics of a Nonrandom Sample of Adolescent Mass Murderers." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 40, no. 6 (2001): 719–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-200106000-00018.

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Dupuis, Indira. "The De-legitimization of General Jaruzelski's Government by Official Mass Media." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53, no. 2 (2020): 93–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.93.

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In this article, I present the results of an analysis of print media reporting on the spectacular trial in 1984 against the murderers of Jerzy Popiełuszko in communist Poland. The aim of my research is to show how the coverage contributed to the de-legitimization of the Communist Party despite the mass media system's tight structures of control. Because of mass media functionality, the coverage of this event contributed to political transformation not only by publicizing a hitherto tabooed topic but also by establishing an initial point for informed public criticism of the government.
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June, Carl H. "Serial Killers and Mass Murderers: Engineered T Cells Are up to the Task." Cancer Immunology Research 3, no. 5 (2015): 470–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0075.

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Gill, Paul, James Silver, John Horgan, and Emily Corner. "Shooting Alone: The Pre-Attack Experiences and Behaviors of U.S. Solo Mass Murderers." Journal of Forensic Sciences 62, no. 3 (2016): 710–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13330.

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Gurian, Elizabeth A. "Offending, Adjudication, and Outcome Patterns of Solo Male, Solo Female, and Partnered Mass Murderers." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 62, no. 7 (2017): 1906–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624x17716375.

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Research on mass murder is limited due to differences in definitions (particularly with respect to victim count), as well as categorizations based on motive. These limitations restrict our understanding of the offending, adjudication, and outcome patterns of these offenders and can obscure potential underlying similarities to comparable types of offenders (e.g., lone actors or terrorists). To address some of these limitations, this research study, which includes an international sample of 434 cases (455 total offenders), uses descriptive and empirical analyses of solo male, solo female, and partnered mass murderers (teams of two or more) to explore offending, adjudication, and outcome patterns among these different types offenders. While the results from this research study support much previous mass murder research, the findings also emphasize the importance of large international sample sizes, objective categorizations, and the use of empirically based analyses to further advance our understanding of these offenders.
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Lederman, Shmuel. "The Radicalism of the Banality of Evil." New German Critique 46, no. 2 (2019): 197–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/0094033x-7546248.

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Abstract The article reexamines Hannah Arendt’s shift from “radical evil” in The Origins of Totalitarianism to “the banality of evil” in Eichmann in Jerusalem and subsequent writings. At the heart of this shift stands Arendt’s realization that she exaggerated the role of ideology in motivating ordinary people to become mass murderers. Instead, political conformity—namely, self-adjustment to the ruling political order simply because it is the ruling order—becomes Arendt’s main explanation for the participation of “ordinary people” in the Nazi mass murder. This shift in Arendt’s interpretation is truly radical, and its implications require further consideration and investigation.
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Student. "FUN ON TV." Pediatrics 98, no. 6 (1996): 1057. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.98.6.1057.

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Real life is filled with serial killers, mass murderers, and sickos of all degrees. Much of the twentieth century, it could be argued, has been devoted to the ingenious production and disposal of human corpses. But the scary thing is not that eye-gougings and vivisections and meals of human flesh may occasionally happen. The scary thing, the thing that ought to make the heart pound and the skin go cold and tingly, is that somehow we find this fun to watch on the small and large screens.
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Heide, Kathleen M. "Consulting Editor’s Editorial: Juvenile Mass Murderers—A New Breed or a Younger Version of an Old Problem?" International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 43, no. 1 (1999): 5–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624x99431001.

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Shapiro, Robert Y. "The Politics of the Death Penalty." Perspectives on Politics 7, no. 4 (2009): 923–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592709991897.

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This is one of the most interesting books I have read on the mass media, public opinion, and policymaking. Capital punishment is an important and compelling issue in its own right, which makes the first part of the book a great read, devoid of technical detail and filled with stunning descriptions of specific cases. Moreover, the rise and staying power of the idea of innocence—that innocent people sit on death row and may be executed—is clear. There continues to be a stream of news stories and commentaries about convicted murderers making plausible appeals for DNA tests that may set them free. While the overturning of murder convictions based in new evidence or faulty defenses preceded the use of DNA testing, this testing became important since it could confirm guilt or prove innocence.
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Pérez-Martínez, Armenio, and Aimara Rodríguez-Fernández. "Asesinos en serie, múltiples en un solo acto y terroristas: algunos datos y reflexiones comparativas." URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad, no. 35 (January 31, 2023): 77–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.17141/urvio.35.2023.5623.

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El estudio de los delitos contra la vida humana va ganando espacio dentro de las ciencias del comportamiento y despierta interés de decisores gubernamentales, organismos multilaterales y la sociedad. Los distintos tipos y características de estos crímenes son investigados desde cuatro enfoques: biológico, psicológico, sociológico y ecológico. El objetivo de esta investigación es determinar las características diferenciadoras entre los perfiles criminológicos de los asesinos. Para ello, se emplea una metodología cualitativa, descriptiva y aplicada, a través de la revisión de la literatura y el análisis de estudios de casos. Se encuentra que, más allá de edad, sexo y raza, es difícil establecer resultados conclusivos en los estudios criminológicos. El principal criterio diferenciador del asesino en serie es el tiempo de enfriamiento emocional. Además, existe mucha semejanza entre los asesinos múltiple en un solo acto y los terroristas; la principal diferencia radica en las motivaciones ideológicas y políticas.
 
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 The study of crimes against human life is gaining space within the behavioral sciences and awakens the interest of government decision-makers, multilateral organizations and society. The different types and characteristics of these crimes are being investigated from biological, psychological, sociological and ecological approaches. The aim of this research is to determine the differentiating characteristics between the criminological profiles of the murderers. A qualitative, descriptive and applied methodology is used, through the review of literature and case studies. It is found that, beyond age, sex, and race, it is difficult to establish conclusive results in criminological studies. The main differentiating criterion of the serial killer is the emotional cooling time. Also, there is an outstanding similarity between mass murderers and terrorists; the main difference lies in ideological and political motivations.
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Craze, Sarah, and Richard Pennell. "The pirates of the Defensor de Pedro (1828–30) and the sanitisation of a pirate legend." International Journal of Maritime History 32, no. 4 (2020): 823–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0843871420974039.

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In late 1827, the crew of a Brazilian slaver, the Defensor de Pedro, mutinied and became pirates. The article follows the narrative of their attacks on ships, including the British Morning Star off Ascension Island in February 1828 and the American merchant Topaz. The Spanish authorities in Cádiz captured most of the crew and tried and executed them. Their captain, Benito de Soto, was tried and hanged in Gibraltar. Using trial papers the article reconstructs the events. It then examines how reworkings of the narrative have changed mass murderers and rapists into popular heroes, both in the general literature on piracy (e.g. Phillip Gosse and Basil Lubbock) and in more recent academic literature and in public celebrations. It argues that this has resulted from misunderstanding and misusing the theories of social banditry and working-class revolt put forward by Eric Hobsbawm and Marcus Rediker, and from commercialisation.
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Scheffer, David J. "The United States and the International Criminal Court." American Journal of International Law 93, no. 1 (1999): 12–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2997953.

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The United States has had and will continue to have a compelling interest in the establishment of a permanent international criminal court (ICC). Such an international court, so long contemplated and so relevant in a world burdened widi mass murderers, can both deter and punish diose who might escape justice in national courts. Since 1995, the question for the Clinton administration has never been whether there should be an international criminal court, but rather what kind of court it should be in order to operate efficiently, effectively and appropriately within a global system that also requires our constant vigilance to protect international peace and security. At the same time, the United States has special responsibilities and special exposure to political controversy over our actions. This factor cannot be taken lightly when issues of international peace and security are at stake. We are called upon to act, sometimes at great risk, far more than any other nation. This is a reality in the international system.
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Sneep, S., and S. Petrykiv. "Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and violent crime: do SSRI’s kill or cure?" European Psychiatry 65, S1 (2022): S351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.892.

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Introduction SSRI’s are consistently associated with violent events in the adult population. However, the causality between SSRI use and violent behaviour was never found. Several recent studies draw the attention to this hypothesis while they were inspired by several mass murderers in the United States. Objectives A literature research on studies exploring the association between SSRI use and violent behaviour. Methods The authors performed a literature search (1966–2020) using PubMed and Embase to review studies where a possible link between SSRI’s and violent behaviour in adults was assessed. Results 94 studies were identified, of which 6 studies were included. There is no association between the use of SSRI’s and violent behaviour in the general population. However, an increased hazard of violent behaviour was observed in young man and those with a history of violent crime. Conclusions Overall, SSRI treatment is safe in the general population. Certain subgroups can, however, be vulnerable to aggressive flare-ups, especially during on-treatment period and the first 12 weeks after drug discontinuation. Therefore, careful monitoring throughout these critical periods is strongly recommended. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Nijakowski, Lech M. "Ludobójcze mikroby i pustynie. O latourowskiej pokusie w genocide studies." Civitas. Studia z Filozofii Polityki 17 (January 30, 2015): 59–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.35757/civ.2015.17.03.

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The dominant approach in genocide studies focuses on the intentions and motives of mass murderers. However, in many cases, natural phenomena, pathogens and machines determine the nature and course of genocidal mobilization. The aim of this article is to present the advantages of the actor-network theory (ANT) in explaining genocidal mobilization, taking into account environmental factors. “Natural objects” have been selected from a rich catalogue of non-human actors. The author divides these objects into three classes, showing that pathogens (associated with “the asymmetry of resistance” of victims and perpetrators) and deserts are of key importance in the history of collective violence. Referring to specific cases (in particular, the conquest and colonization of the Americas and Australia, the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples, the Armenian genocide, Shoah), the author identifies that adopting the assumptions and methods of ANT reveals new aspects of the genocidal process. This indicates the need for considering the politics of non-human actors, delegating morality and law, tracking consecutive translations, rejecting the division into qualitatively different micro- and macro-actors, and tracking the emergence of new actants and forms of knowledge during genocide.
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Gruszecka, Dagmara. "Niemiecka doktryna i judykatura wobec problemu odpowiedzialności karnej „sprawców zza biurek” — uwagi na tle koncepcji „Organisationsherrschaft”." Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem 43, no. 4 (2021): 313–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2300-7249.43.4.24.

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The aim of the paper is to present the concept of Claus Roxin’s Organisationsherrschaft as an alternative to attributing criminal responsibility for crimes committed by Nazi “desk murderers.” This concept arose against the background of criticism, after the trials of Adolf Eichmann and Bohdan Stashynsky, of the particularly low number of convictions in similar cases and the numerous omissions of the entire German justice system. Under West German criminal law, a distinction made between those who order murder and those who commit murder on their own initiative meant that the above-mentioned perpetrators who passed on orders from above could only be found guilty of accessory to murder. The novelty of Roxin’s views, however, consisted in an attempt to combine the previous only individualistic perspective of criminal law with the idea of mass, bureaucratic murders. The traditional system of individual attribution of responsibility, as applied for ordinary criminality characterized by the individual commission of single crimes, must be adapted to the needs of collective responsibility, in which the organization (for example, an administrative structure) as a whole serves as the entity upon which attribution of criminal responsibility is based. The first part of the text discusses the main lines of argumentation presented by the West German jurisprudence in cases concerning high-ranking members of the state power apparatus of the Third Reich. At the same time, efforts were made to emphasize the lack of homogeneity of legal solutions presented in national criminal jurisdiction in West Germany and their unacceptable consequences. The second part is devoted to the basic theoretical assumptions of the doctrine of Organisationsherrschaft and its significance for the perception of the boundary between perpetration and participation in German criminal law. The third part briefly presents the contemporary reception of Roxin’s thought, as well as the main points of his criticism, indicating, however, how important it was to effectively prosecute decision-makers from the power apparatus of the Third Reich.
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Bobkier, Robert, and Piotr Herman. "Sicarii by Flavius Josephus. Premodern terrorists or the founding myth of modern Israel?" Res Politicae 13 (2021): 155–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.16926/rp.2021.13.08.

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Contemporary international terrorism differs a little from the acts of violence that took place in ancient history. The first known example of the use of political terrorism was Sicarii, a Jewish sect operating in Palestine and Egypt in the years 66–73 CE. Virtually all information about this group comes from Flavius Josephus, a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader. The term sicarii itself has a Latin etymology and means murderers or assassins. It comes from the word sica, meaning dagger. It appeared in legal Latin in 81 BCE together with the Act Lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis, which was one of the first legal regulations in the field of serious organized crime. The Sicarii, however, fought in their own country with the intention of liberating it from the rule of a foreign power, Rome. To this day, it remains unresolved whether the Sicarii and Zealots belonged to the same political group that used terrorism for political purposes: killings, arson, poisoning water supplies, and even the seizure of the mountain fortress of Masada, ending in mass suicide. And the myth of the desperate courage of the defenders of Masada became the glue of the national consciousness of the citizens of the modern state of Israel.
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Speckhard, Anne, Molly Ellenberg, Jesse Morton, and Alexander Ash. "Involuntary Celibates’ Experiences of and Grievance over Sexual Exclusion and the Potential Threat of Violence Among Those Active in an Online Incel Forum." Journal of Strategic Security 14, no. 2 (2021): 89–121. http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.14.2.1910.

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This article represents the largest ever primary data-based study of involuntary celibates (incels), previously studied nearly exclusively through analysis of online postings. The incel movement has been characterized by some as a radical ideology, with mass murderers such as Elliot Rodger, Alek Minassian, and Chris Harper Mercer being portrayed as prototypical of the movement. However, there is a dearth of research through direct questioning of incels and therefore very little nuanced understanding of the community, its shared grievances, and its opinions regarding violence in its name. The present study of over 250 self-identified incels demonstrates that although the majority of incels are non-violent and do not approve of violence, those who consider themselves to be staunch misogynists are likely to endorse a desire to commit violence and are also likely to become more misogynistic through participation on incel web forums, which validate their views. The study also finds that while many incels report experiencing a variety of psychological symptoms, they are loath to seek help from mental health professionals. This implies that the threat of violence from a subset of incels should not be ignored, but promotion of compassionate and understanding psychological may be more broadly beneficial to the community.
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Loyle, Cyanne E., and Christian Davenport. "Some left to tell the tale: Finding perpetrators and understanding violence in Rwanda." Journal of Peace Research 57, no. 4 (2020): 507–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343319885173.

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Scholars of political violence often face problems concerning data availability. Research on the perpetrators of that violence is no exception. Over the past 40 years we have made great strides in understanding who joins in violent action and why, yet have rarely probed the representative nature of the subjects queried or contemplated the implications of this sampling for our conclusions. It is generally assumed that those left to ‘tell the tale’ about what transpired are representative of those who participated in the violence. In this article, we use the context of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to probe questions about which perpetrators of violence we include in our research and subsequently, who we miss. We theorize an often overlooked group of perpetrators, the ‘murderers in the middle’, who take orders from above, mobilize others to kill, and zealously participate themselves. We contend that this group of perpetrators is potentially unique from those generally captured, identified, and studied in that they are likely to have actively and willingly engaged in violence for personal gain as well as for ideological reasons. Systematically missing groups of perpetrators has potential implications for research on participation in mass violence as well as our understanding of why this behavior occurs.
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Melendez, Michael S., Bronwen Lichtenstein, and Matthew J. Dolliver. "Mothers of Mass Murderers: Exploring Public Blame for the Mothers of School Shooters through an Application of Courtesy Stigma to the Columbine and Newtown Tragedies." Deviant Behavior 37, no. 5 (2016): 525–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2015.1060754.

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Arnold, Carrie. "Microscopic Mass Murderer." Scientific American 311, no. 1 (2014): 16–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0714-16.

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Kaplan, Robert. "The Clinicide Phenomenon: An Exploration Of Medical Murder." Australasian Psychiatry 15, no. 4 (2007): 299–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10398560701383236.

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Objective: The aim of this paper is to explore the phenomenon of clinicide. Conclusions: The study of medical killers is barely in its infancy. Clinicide is the unnatural death of multiple patients in the course of treatment by a doctor. Serial medical killing is a relatively new phenomenon. The role model is Dr Marcel Petiot, the worst serial killer in French history. More recently, Dr Harold Shipman was Britain's worst serial killer and in the United States and Zimbabwe, Dr Michael Swango killed 60 patients. A number of doctors have such high patient death rates that it cannot be ignored. At some level, these doctors have an awareness of what they are doing, countered by an overweening refusal to acknowledge the implications or desist from further treatment. Treatment killer offences usually occur on the basis of serial mental illness, but may include the contentious area of euthanasia killing. Doctors have frequently been accomplices in state repression, brutality and genocide in direct contravention to their sanctioned role to relieve suffering and save life. They have become mass murderers on an exponential scale, making any comparison with a doctor killing his own patients almost risible. Many clinicidal doctors have extreme narcissistic personalities, a grandiose view of their own capability and inability to accept that they could be criticized or need assistance from other doctors. Such doctors develop a God-complex, getting a vicarious thrill out of ending suffering and by determining when a person dies.
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Meng, Michael. "Book Review: Olaf Jensen and Claus-Christian W. Szejnmann, eds, Ordinary People as Mass Murderers: Perpetrators in Comparative Perspective, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2008; 248 pp.; 9780230552029, £55.00 (hbk)." European History Quarterly 41, no. 2 (2011): 329–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02656914110410020524.

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Auxemery, Yann. "The mass murderer history: Modern classifications, sociodemographic and psychopathological characteristics, suicidal dimensions, and media contagion of mass murders." Comprehensive Psychiatry 56 (January 2015): 149–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.09.003.

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Miller, David. "A very reluctant mass murderer." RUSI Journal 143, no. 3 (1998): 53–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03071849808446269.

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Lee, Howard. "Anatomy of a Mass Murderer." Scientific American 314, no. 3 (2016): 64–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0316-64.

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Reardon, Sara. "Mass murderer was a humble microbe." New Scientist 216, no. 2895 (2012): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0262-4079(12)63166-2.

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Yakti, Probo Darono. "The 1994 Hutu and Tutsi Ethnopolitics Conflict in Rwanda: Genocide Revenge Settlement Through the Gacaca Reconciliation System." Jurnal Hubungan Internasional 15, no. 1 (2022): 37–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jhi.v15i1.33787.

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The conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes that occurred in Rwanda at the end of the 20th century opened the eyes of the international community that ethnic issues could escalate into a political issue which encouraged the crime of genocide. This politicization led to the deaths of more than 800 thousand Tutsis due to planned mass killings by the Hutu government. This justifies Gilroy and Wright's argument about ethnic politicization which can form an exclusive feeling in talking about one's nationality within the state. Likewise with Yun and Synder's opinion about racial issues affecting people's political preferences on a large scale and tend to see negative forms of nationalism when viewed from ethnicity. By using a discourse analysis and qualitative-explanatory research approach, a comprehensive approach is obtained to understand the problem in its entirety and explore the research questions: how to explain the conflict in Rwanda between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes from the aspect of politicizing the identity issue in the era of postcolonialism? In this paper, a number of issues will be raised, namely the fundamental differences between the Hutu and Tutsi, the chronology of the conflicts between the two tribes, the spread of these problems into regional conflicts, investigating the causes, settlement methods, and post-conflict life in Rwanda. So that it concludes that it is true that there is ethnic politicization in Rwanda. The importance of this paper is to be a lesson for other regions of the world that experience the same problems and can offer options for methods of conflict resolution as has been done by Rwanda: reconciliation, accommodation, and the Gacaca system. These four methods require a long process and a sense of relief from each individual community to forgive the actions of their own neighbors who become murderers for their own neighbors. So it is important to make lessons for conflicts based on other ethnic differences.
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Artamonova, Elena, and Maria Tretyak. "Mass Murder in Educational Establishments: Opportunities for Using Criminal Law Means of Counteraction." Russian Journal of Criminology 16, no. 2 (2022): 229–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.17150/2500-4255.2022.16(2).229-239.

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As the cases of mass murders in educational establishments grow in number, it becomes necessary to determine the measures necessary for counteracting this crime in modern conditions. The conducted research allowed the authors to identify the concept and types of armed attacks on life in educational establishments. They prove the necessity of including mass murder in Part 3 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and increasing the minimum penalty to 15-year imprisonment. The authors also conclude that the most common punishment for the murder of more than two persons committed using a publicly dangerous method is imprisonment for 15-20 years. In most cases, such punishment was imposed for the murder of 2-3 persons and the presence of two aggravating circumstances. Imprisonment for 20 to 25 years inclusively and life imprisonment was imposed for murdering 6-8 persons and the presence of two qualifying features in combination with other crimes. In 16 mass murders committed in educational establishments in the last seven years, the above-mentioned measures can only be applied to two criminals, as in other cases the culprits either were underage, or committed suicide. It is possible that the measures developed and implemented in 2021, which increase punishment for illegal trade in civilian weapons, will be somewhat effective in preventing mass murders by persons under 21 years of age. However, there are considerable doubts regarding the effectiveness of such measures for preventing especially grave crimes committed by persons who have already reached this age. A detailed analysis of punishments for the extreme cases of especially grave crimes makes it possible to conclude that life imprisonment does not provide any opportunities for imposing a stricter punishment depending on the number of persons who were murdered or were in danger of sustaining such harm. Consequently, it is possible to believe that the right punishment for this category of criminals is capital punishment, and its main goal is prevention.
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O'Toole, Mary Ellen. "A Different Perspective on the UCSB Mass Murderer." Violence and Gender 1, no. 2 (2014): 49–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vio.2014.1508.

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Wittmann, Rebecca. "Eichmann Revisited: The Motivations of a Mass Murderer." German Studies Review 35, no. 1 (2012): 135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/gsr.2012.a465663.

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Simpson, Oliver. "Breaking the Mirror of the Spectacle: Mass Murder/Suicide as the Ecstasy of Simulated Experience." Critical Sociology 46, no. 7-8 (2019): 1109–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0896920519878481.

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This article develops a sociological understanding of the lone mass shooter and the ways in which his affectual constellation is produced within and mirrors the social space. It begins by outlining the contemporary political context of terrorism. The article then explores the affectual constellation of an isolated mass murderer, by asking the question ‘what is a loser?’. Following this, it links the emergence of the radical loser to modernity through an exploration of the genealogy of nihilism. Then, taking the mass murderer Elliot Rodger as a paradigmatic case, it explores the ways in which his affectual constellation can be understood as produced within the capitalist social formation. Finally, it argues that mass murder can be understood as the ecstasy of simulated experience, its violent countertransference, constituting a zone of indistinction between the spectacle and the real, killing and being killed.
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