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The Depressive and the Psychopath. Dave Cullen.

by Cullen, Dave; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 35Family. Publisher: Slate, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Criminal psychology | Harris, Eric 1982-1999 | Klebold, Dylan 1982-1999 | Littleton (Colo.) -- School shootings (1999) | Mass murder | Psychopaths | School shootingsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Five years ago today [April 20, 1999], Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered their classmates and teachers at Columbine High School. Most Americans have reached one of two wrong conclusions about why they did it. The first conclusion is that the pair of supposed 'Trench Coat Mafia outcasts' were taking revenge against the bullies who had made school miserable for them. The second conclusion is that the massacre was inexplicable: We can never understand what drove them to such horrific violence. But the FBI and its team of psychiatrists and psychologists have reached an entirely different conclusion. They believe they know why Harris and Klebold killed, and their explanation is both more reassuring and more troubling than our misguided conclusions." (SLATE) The author reveals the conclusions reached by the FBI's team of mental health experts.
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Originally Published: The Depressive and the Psychopath, April 20, 2004; pp. n.p..

"Five years ago today [April 20, 1999], Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered their classmates and teachers at Columbine High School. Most Americans have reached one of two wrong conclusions about why they did it. The first conclusion is that the pair of supposed 'Trench Coat Mafia outcasts' were taking revenge against the bullies who had made school miserable for them. The second conclusion is that the massacre was inexplicable: We can never understand what drove them to such horrific violence. But the FBI and its team of psychiatrists and psychologists have reached an entirely different conclusion. They believe they know why Harris and Klebold killed, and their explanation is both more reassuring and more troubling than our misguided conclusions." (SLATE) The author reveals the conclusions reached by the FBI's team of mental health experts.

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