It is very difficult to spot a person who is willing and ready to commit a crime. Warning signs can easily slip under an untrained eye or when people are not looking for those specific things. Well, profiling too isn’t foolproof. Branding every quiet, reserved, and shy kid as the next shooter will perhaps create more potential perpetrators than spotting the one poised to go rogue.
School Shooters: Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators
Author: Peter Langman Pages: 298 pages Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (January 16, 2015) ISBN-10: 1442233567, 978-1442233560
In School Shooters: Understanding High School, College and Adult Perpetrators, Peter Langman looks at forty odd cases of school shootings in America from 1966 to 2012 to find common glue in hopes of that elusive clue to spot the shooters before they strike. However, a clear, common portrait of a potential shooter is at best vague. In this interview, the author gives you a glimpse of what he found out in his research and what the book is all about.