Saturday, December 15, 2012

Dec 15 Tip:Can mental health screemings predict mass murders?

December 15 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

Can mental health screenings predict who will commit mass murders? The sad answer...

http://www.livescience.com/25577-mental-screening-predict-murder.html

A "Minority Report" technology to predict murder remains wishful science fiction thinking. But a mass shooting that killed at least 20 children and 8 adults at a school in Newton, Conn. once again raises the question of what technological tools, if any, can help predict or prevent such tragedies by identifying troubled individuals.

Psychologists say that predicting the intent among individuals to commit mass murder remains incredibly difficult, if not impossible...




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