Psychosocial Dynamism of Public Mass Shooting: A Reevaluation
Saeed Shoja Shafti MD
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, New York, USA
*Corresponding author
*Saeed Shoja Shafti MD, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, New York, USA
DOI: 10.55920/JCRMHS.2022.02.001075
Table 1 : Grouping of mass shooting based on suicidal ideation of perpetrator.
Table 2 : Comparing different types of unlawful homicide (an approximate sketching).
Table 3 : Conceivable traits of mass shooters and possible pacifying tactics.
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