Howzit
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Fri Apr-10-09 11:13 AM
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Why the shootings seem to catalyze more of the same |
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Part of the problem is making the perpetrators famous. Standard reporting gives them the power they seek: Video at http://www.wimp.com/serialkiller/
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Fri Apr-10-09 11:31 AM
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1. This is the 'broken windows' theory articulated in "The Tipping Point" |
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the idea being that allowing ones property to fall into disrepair becomes more acceptable as we notice that other have but if you're the only one with a broken window you'll want to fix it to meet community norms. Gladwell then notes that suicide seems to follow the same pattern: if no one does it, no one will. If someone prominent does them the taboo is lifted. I suspect these shooting follow the same pattern of permissive frequency. How do we stop it?
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Fri Apr-10-09 11:53 AM
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2. Say that they had a heart attack.... |
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Fri Apr-10-09 04:32 PM
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3. If I recall one study not only found that suicide went up when suicides were reporte upon, |
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Edited on Fri Apr-10-09 04:34 PM by aikoaiko
but deaths in car crashes went up too -- arguably hidden suicides.
And single car crashes followed suicides, and multiple occupant car crash deaths followed murder suicides.
All correlational data, but the time series was compelling.
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