OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether the early outreach programme following the Utøya massacre reached out to the parents of the young survivors. Additionally, we explored whether specialised mental healthcare services were provided to parents presenting elevated levels of PTSD and depression reactions. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey, face-to-face interviews and questionnaires. SETTING...

This paper aims to place the Srebrenica massacre in its broader context, both terms of Bosnian war, and theoretically. The is only war crime that has, legal terms, been solidly confirmed have constituted genocide. In ICTY, 2001 convicted Radislav Krstic complicity genocide for his role massacre, thereby establishing fact ICJ, ruling 2007 Bosnia vs Serbia, explicitly stated was an act However, I...

The massacre at Columbine High School last year unleashed a torrent of fresh concern over the threat that violence poses to society. It also energized a government research effort to understand and prevent violence. Ironically, this flurry of activity comes at a time when youth violence, as reflected in crime statistics, is in decline.

BACKGROUND Two school shootings with altogether 18 victims took place in Finland in November 2007 and September 2008. Homicides and suicides are both associated with the copycat phenomenon. The aim of the present study was to characterize adolescent copycats who had threatened to carry out a school massacre. METHODS The nation-wide study evaluated 77 13- to 18-year-old adolescents who were se...