The majority of perpetrators — all of which were men and 66.7 per cent white — did not have a mental illness like psychosis, the study says
, looked at 82 incidents of mass murder by any means at schools, colleges and universities. Researchers observed most of the murders — 63.2 per cent — involved firearms.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
In recent years, there has been a slew of mass school shootings in the United States. In 2022, there were 40 school shootings that left people dead or injured, Education WeekThis week, Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at a school in Parkland, Florida in 2018, received a sentence of life without parole. At the hearing, his defence maintained that he had mental health issues that had not been properly treated, CNNThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
There was also speculation about the effects of mental illness after a deadly shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas in May. Salvador Ramos went to an elementary school where he was formerly a student and fatally shot nineteen people. Around the time of the shooting, some did not want to dismiss mental illness as a cause completely.
“This reflexive insistence that mental illness was not at play is wrong, and potentially destructive,” said
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