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  • Inside the Minds of School Shooters
  • By: Peter Langman PhD
  • Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
  • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Why Kids Kill

By: Peter Langman PhD
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Ten years after the school massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, school shootings are a new and alarming epidemic. While sociologists have attributed the trigger of violence to peer pressure, such as bullying and social isolation, prominent psychologist Peter Langman, argues here that psychological causes are responsible.  

Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience, Langman offers surprising reasons for why some teens become violent. Langman divides shooters into three categories, and he discusses the role of personality, trauma, and psychosis among school shooters.  

From examining the material evidence of notorious school shooters at Columbine and Virginia Tech to addressing the mental states of the violent youths he treats, Langman shows how to identify early signs of homicide-prone youth and what preventive measures educators, parents, and communities can take to protect themselves from the tragedy.  

Contains mature themes.

©2009 Peter Langman, PhD (P)2018 Tantor

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Fascinating!

The narrator sounded like the narrator of another book Id listen to but on a TOTALLY DIFFERENT topic of life so I had to concentrate a little harder. If I had not had this issue, he would have been fine aka no problems. My mother whinges at me for wanting to listen to 'awful' stories/books. I tell her that it's the psychology that I like to understand and I got plenty of that from this book. The Colombine shootings, in America, is what most people outside of the USA will recognise.The other shooters, I didnt know of most of them.It was fascinating that more than one of the killers kept diaries, a 'from their own mouths', this is what I plan to do. This is what I felt at the time shortly before carrying out the shootings. Im not just talking about Columbine shooters. Others in the book also let us into their worlds before their rampages.The author refers to some other topics, for example, work Dr Robert D Hare has done on psychopathy. I have read books, on Audible, written by Hare and knew who he was referring to, this was helpful. A thoroughly interesting insight from another professional in the field. I believe this type of work would be MEGA CONFRONTING ON A DAY TO DAY WORKING LIFE, I find it amazing these specialists choose to work in such horrifying fields but am grateful they let us into their worlds. Thankyou.

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