Silver, J;
Horgan, J;
Gill, P;
(2019)
Shared Struggles? Cumulative Strain Theory and Public Mass Murderers from 1990 to 2014.
Homicide Studies
, 23
(1)
pp. 64-84.
10.1177/1088767918802881.
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Abstract
Scholars have urged a shift in research on mass murder from the creation of typologies to theoretically rich, data-driven comparative examinations of the phenomenon. We seek to redress such calls in two ways. First, we analyze a unique sample of public mass murderers through the multistage explanatory model of cumulative strain theory. Second, we use a comparison group of similarly violent offenders—lone actor terrorists—to provide context to our findings. The results demonstrate that cumulative strain theory usefully describes the trajectory toward violence of public mass murderers, more so when a concept implicit in the theory—grievance—is made explicit.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Shared Struggles? Cumulative Strain Theory and Public Mass Murderers from 1990 to 2014 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1088767918802881 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1088767918802881 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | mass murder, subtypes, school shootings, comparative, methodology, terrorism, strain theory |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10064510 |
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