ervasive developmental psychopathology, specifically the DSM-IV-TR [2] autism spectrum Asperger’s Disorder, has been implicated in the psychopathology of a subset of serial murderers [3] . The current study uses the BRACE Character Profile™ to analyze the relationship of Asperger’s Disorder to the general criminal population, psychopaths, and serial homicide. ...

ust my take on some of the posts related to the motive, method, and opportunity of school shooters and such. Regardless of intent, it seems to me that the general rationale of some bloggers and posters for explaining (aka: justifying) the murderous acts of school shooters is basically the same as the illogical spiel of Islamic terrorists recruiting suicide bombers to murder innocent people.

s one would expect from the title, the authors detail the intimate interplay between cognitive and behavioral processes in the development and functioning of serial killer Dennis Lynn Rader. But they also revealed the very real mental and physical risks for forensic professionals who overly exercise their own imaginations to conceptualize the thoughts, behavior, and motivations of sadistic psychopaths.

he 1970s was a tumultuous time. On the heels of the beatniks, Manson's family, and Kent state, the anti-establishment generation vowed to avoid the mistakes of its predecessors. The shadow of course, remained ever present, threatening to rip away what little innocence remained of the seemingly naive American psyche—whether taking the form of Bundy's disarming looks, Jone's cyanide-laced kool aide, or the ellusive slayer who left his calling cards along the Green River. It was during this period when a teen embarked on a journey that would bring her face to face with a shadow that we, as a society, would just as soon forget.

n Thursday, February 14, 2008, an individual dressed in black burst into a Northern Illinois University (NIU) lecture auditorium, injuring 17 and leaving 5 dead, before taking his own life. Early reports were sketchy, though University officials acknowledged that the gunman, while not a current student, was an NIU graduate, member of the Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society, was accepted into the graduate program for the fall of 2006, and received a Dean's award—also in 2006. While the media had not released the his name at the onset of this article, they provided ample clues regarding his possible identity.

n August of 2006, a girl met a boy. Where? On myspace, of course. The teen had been contacted by the boy who claimed to have moved from Florida to nearby O'Fallon. Their Internet relationship blossomed over the next six weeks, and the girl was on cloud nine. But then, the proverbial hammer fell and on Sunday, October 15, 2006, the boy contacted her stating he wanted to break off their relationship. The teen was crushed, and by Monday, several classmates had added to her distress by posting taunting expletive laced myspace bulletin boards. Later that day she was found hanging in her closet. She died the next day. In a sense, this story is reminiscent of the type of tragedies that can occur when an Internet relationship goes bad. Sadly, this case was much darker than the tragic yet all too familiar "girl meets boy online" scenarios.