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Finally, a Proactive Legal Move that May Reduce Rampage Causalities

Finally, a Proactive Legal Move that May Reduce Rampage Causalities

by S. Lee Funk | Apr 22, 2025 | Inside the Mind: Expert Insights

The state of Georgia is doing something in the wake of a school shooting that is rare and can provide guidance for other states and municipalities. It is putting aside rhetoric and absolutist positions on gun possession to develop realistic bipartisan legislation that...
Infamy as Motive: Attention Seeking through Homicide

Infamy as Motive: Attention Seeking through Homicide

by S. Lee Funk | Jan 13, 2025 | Case Studies & Cultural Commentary, Understanding Violence

The case of Luigi Mangione demonstrates the affinity between a sudden mass assault (or autogenic massacre) and a singular murder that could be added to the category Deitz has identified as “sensational” (a particularly peculiar killing that garners publicity).[i] The...
Surgically Removing the Media Skim and Political Spin to Get Inside The Head of a Potential Assassin

Surgically Removing the Media Skim and Political Spin to Get Inside The Head of a Potential Assassin

by S. Lee Funk | Jul 31, 2024 | Case Studies & Cultural Commentary, Inside the Mind: Expert Insights

There is an essential point that investigators and journalists are not adequately considering in seeking the motivation for the recent sudden assault by Thomas Matthew Crooks at a rally for former President Donald Trump: namely, it was not an assassination attempt –...
Carnage and Culpability: Affixing Blame Versus Assessing a Threat

Carnage and Culpability: Affixing Blame Versus Assessing a Threat

by S. Lee Funk | Jan 31, 2024 | Inside the Mind: Expert Insights

If it is true that the sins of the parents are visited on successive generations, is the reverse also the case? Our society cherishes the notion of individual accountability and so it is rare that we hold persons liable for acts committed by relatives or...
Continuing Object Lessons in Extreme Violence: Maybe It’s Time to Pay Attention

Continuing Object Lessons in Extreme Violence: Maybe It’s Time to Pay Attention

by S. Lee Funk | Nov 27, 2023 | Prevention & Intervention

Two recent news items should be of concern to anyone who has a desire to keep our daily lives a little less dreadful and our modern existence just a little more civilized.  They call for consideration by anyone who is in a position to protect others from harm...
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