First, it analyzed a unique sample of public mass murderers through the multistage explanatory model of cumulative strain theory. Second, it used a comparison group of similarly violent offenderslone actor terroriststo provide context to the 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 theorygrievanceis made explicit. (publisher abstract modified)
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