German Mass Murderers and Their Proximal Warning Behaviors

Mirko Allwinn, J. Hoffmann, J. Meloy
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Abstract

The main objective of this study was to analyze mass murder cases committed by adults from a threat assessment perspective, and to identify risk factors and proximal warning behaviors. Therefore, court records of 33 German mass murderers between 2000 and 2012 were systematically evaluated. One major focus was the comparison between psychotic and nonpsychotic offenders. Significant differences were found between the 2 groups regarding their choice of weapons, planning behavior, personal crises, personality aspects, and warning behaviors. Nonpsychotic subjects were significantly more likely to evidence pathway warning behavior and directly threaten their targets before the attack when compared with the psychotic subjects. Effect sizes were medium to large. All offenders showed multiple proximal warning behaviors prior to their attacks. Findings are interpreted in light of previous studies and for the purpose of enhancing threat assessment protocols of such persons of concern.
德国大屠杀凶手及其近端警告行为
本研究的主要目的是从威胁评估的角度分析成人集体杀人案件,并确定危险因素和近端警告行为。因此,对2000年至2012年期间33名德国大屠杀凶手的法庭记录进行了系统评估。一个主要的焦点是精神病和非精神病罪犯之间的比较。两组在武器选择、计划行为、个人危机、个性方面和警告行为方面存在显著差异。与精神病受试者相比,非精神病受试者更有可能在攻击前证明路径警告行为并直接威胁目标。效应量为中到大。所有罪犯在攻击前都表现出多次近端警告行为。调查结果是根据以往的研究进行解释的,目的是加强对这些有关人员的威胁评估议定书。
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