An important study by the New York Times challenges standard assumptions about those who kill for no apparent reason.
In recent years, a new form of violence has emerged, one so shocking and disturbing that experts and society at large have struggled to come to grips with it. It is known as rampage killing, and the term is used to describe non-criminals who embark on sudden and seemingly unprompted murder sprees.
RAMPAGE KILLERS draws on the work of five New York Times reporters who conducted a comprehensive investigation of this phenomenon. Their study indicates that the criminals share a common denominator--not of spontaneous moments of madness, but of premeditated cries for help. By studying several such killers, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTSTM powerfully illustrates this view, documenting case after case where the actions of future killers were misinterpreted, shrugged off, or simply ignored. And an extraordinary insider's view of the problem is provided through an exclusive jailhouse interview with Wayne Lo, who murdered two people and injured four others during a killing rampage at Simon's Rock College in Massachusetts.
We must learn to recognize and, more importantly, act upon the obvious warning signs that a normal citizen may be on the brink of homicidal madness.
