Pseudocommando

In forensic psychiatry, the term pseudocommando has been used to describe mass murderers who commit premeditated murder-suicide mass killings driven by revenge fantasies,^[1]^[2] typically involving the stockpiling of weapons followed by a heavily armed commando-style attack.^[3]^[4]

They typically see their actions through a narcissistic lens as being morally justified in revenge against their unfair treatment by an uncaring world, and wish to "go out in a blaze of glory".^[5]

Some observers have divided mass killers into three categories: pseudocommandos, family annihilators, and hit-and-run killers.^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ Knoll Jl, 4. (2010). "The "pseudocommando" mass murderer: Part I, the psychology of revenge and obliteration". The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 38 (1): 87–94. PMID 20305080.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Knoll Jl, 4. (2010). "The "Pseudocommando" mass murderer: Part II, the language of revenge". The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 38 (2): 263–272. PMID 20542949.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Joel Achenbach (July 26, 2012). "'Pseudo-commandos' defy explanation". The Journal Gazette. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
^ Elaine Cassel (April 20, 2007). "The Tragedy at Virginia Tech: Cho Seung Hui and the Psychology of School Shooters". FindLaw. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
^ James M. Knoll IV (January 4, 2012). "The "Pseudocommando" Mass Murderer: A Blaze of Vainglory". Psychiatric Times. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
^ Dietz PE (1986). "Mass, serial and sensational homicides". Bull N Y Acad Med. 62 (5): 477–91. PMC 1629267. PMID 3461857.
^ Kocsis, Richard N. (2007). Criminal profiling international theory, research and practice. Totowa, N.J: Humana Press. p. 16. ISBN 1588296849.

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[1] Knoll Jl, 4. (2010). "The "pseudocommando" mass murderer: Part I, the psychology of revenge and obliteration". The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 38 (1): 87–94. PMID 20305080.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] Knoll Jl, 4. (2010). "The "Pseudocommando" mass murderer: Part II, the language of revenge". The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 38 (2): 263–272. PMID 20542949.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] Joel Achenbach (July 26, 2012). "'Pseudo-commandos' defy explanation". The Journal Gazette. Retrieved 2012-07-27.

[findlaw-4] Elaine Cassel (April 20, 2007). "The Tragedy at Virginia Tech: Cho Seung Hui and the Psychology of School Shooters". FindLaw. Retrieved 2012-07-27.

[5] James M. Knoll IV (January 4, 2012). "The "Pseudocommando" Mass Murderer: A Blaze of Vainglory". Psychiatric Times. Retrieved 2012-07-27.

[pmid3461857-6] Dietz PE (1986). "Mass, serial and sensational homicides". Bull N Y Acad Med. 62 (5): 477–91. PMC 1629267. PMID 3461857.

[7] Kocsis, Richard N. (2007). Criminal profiling international theory, research and practice. Totowa, N.J: Humana Press. p. 16. ISBN 1588296849.

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