scholarly journals Political Elements in Post-Columbine School Shootings in Europe and North America

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leena Malkki
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
School Shootings

scholarly journals Killing for the Sake of Infamy: The Herostratos Syndrome and what to Do about it

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Azam ◽  
Mario Ferrero
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
School Shootings ◽  
Mass Killing ◽  
Game Theoretic ◽  
The Media ◽  
Jihadist Terrorism

AbstractThe Herostratos syndrome affects some people who perpetrate odious attacks for the sake of infamy. We suggest that this sheds some useful light to explain the wave of mass killing going on in Europe and North America, including school shootings and Jihadist terrorism, within a game-theoretic framework. The analysis points out that policies aimed at countering this type of violence should focus on trivializing these attacks and reducing the publicity that they get in the media.

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