As I was looking for an article to discuss for this week, I stumbled upon a very interesting site. The site title is, "<CrimeLibrary> Criminal Minds & Methods." On this site there is an entire section devoted to "Kids Who Kill." The section is divided into a part one and a part two, both having over 8 chapters of information and analysis.
This is absolutely crazy to me! I honestly can't believe that not only has there been so many children that have killed people, but there has been so much research and reporting done on this subject. In my mind and from the way that I grew up, children are always regarded as the most innocent beings and that they are good not evil. I mean growing up I had young cousins, so I know that kids are bad, but I'm talking about children being evil as in killing people, in my view I honestly never thought that kids were actually capable of making the decision to kill someone.
The one section names some of the top kids that have killed and what exactly happened, along with the case and then goes on to talk about the different types of killers and then explains each; types of conduct disorders that occur in children; whether TV has an effect on children when it comes to violence and killing; the different reasoning for kids to kill; the signs of dangers; and then goes on to discuss more famous kid killers.
The second section is titled "School Killers," and highlights the top school kid school killers; interviews with the kids who are mentally-disturbed; and about the media and their effect on this subject.
The last part of the second section will be the topic in my next blog post which is a continuance of this post.
Until then, take a look at these two articles and look them over. The content within them is fascinating but also extremely disturbing. But, in order to completely understand this topic it would be a good idea to take a look at the page. There are two parts, Part One & Part Two.
Ending Note: The reason that I have chosen to break this topic up into two posts is because this post is about what the articles actually are as well as what they are about and the next post, which is a continuance of this topic, is a specified look at the media portion as highlighted in the article.
Where's the link to the original?!
ReplyDeleteDr C
Wow! I didn't know the topic of school shootings had such a long history behind it. When I was reading your blog, I immediately thought of Newtown, Connecticut. It is sad when people become evil.
ReplyDelete-Rachel