Roots of a Rampage.

Periodical

Nation; 1/7/2013, Vol. 296 Issue 1/2, p4-8, 3p

The article presents the author's comments on the research of random killing rampages and school shootings, with information on the motives and psychology of mass shooters and murderers. Topics include the massacre of schoolchildren at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012; case studies on the social and psychological patterns of violence; and sociological interpretations of violence in rural and suburban areas.