| The "Pseudocommando" mass murderer: part II, the language of revenge. | |
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PMID: 20542949 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In Part I of this article, research on pseudocommandos was reviewed, and the important role that revenge fantasies play in motivating such persons to commit mass murder-suicide was discussed. Before carrying out their mass shootings, pseudocommandos may communicate some final message to the public or news media. These communications are rich sources of data about their motives and psychopathology. In Part II of this article, forensic psycholinguistic analysis is applied to clarify the primary motivations, detect the presence of mental illness, and discern important individual differences in the final communications of two recent pseudocommandos: Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech) and Jiverly Wong (Binghamton, NY). Although both men committed offenses that qualify them as pseudocommandos, their final communications reveal striking differences in their psychopathology. |
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Authors:
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James L Knoll |
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Type: Comment; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Volume: 38 ISSN: 1093-6793 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-06-14 Completed Date: 2010-08-20 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9708963 Medline TA: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 263-72 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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IV, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. knollj@upstate.edu |
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Adult Communication* Dangerous Behavior Delusions / diagnosis, psychology Emigrants and Immigrants / legislation & jurisprudence, psychology Fantasy Homicide / legislation & jurisprudence*, psychology* Humans Intention* Male Metaphor Motivation* Photography Rage* Rejection (Psychology) Schizophrenia, Paranoid / diagnosis, psychology Social Perception Suicide / legislation & jurisprudence*, psychology* United States Videodisc Recording Vietnam / ethnology Violence / legislation & jurisprudence, psychology Writing |
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J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1999;27(2):213-25
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