Peter Langman
Dr. Peter Langman is a psychologist whose research on school shooters has received international recognition. His book, Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters was translated into German, Dutch, and Finnish. His work has been cited in congressional testimony on Capitol Hill and he has been interviewed by the New York Times, The Today Show, 20/20, Nightline, Fox, CNN, the BBC, and nearly 500 other news outlets in the USA, Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. After the Sandy Hook attack, the CEO of the American Psychological Association presented Dr. Langman’s recommendations on school safety to President Obama. He has presented at both the FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC and the FBI National Academy in Quantico. He has been hired by Homeland Security to train professionals in school safety, and participated in the 2018 Homeland Security National School Security Roundtable. Dr. Langman is a researcher with Police Foundation and the lead author of their report, A Comparison of Averted and Completed School Attacks from the Police Foundation Averted School Violence Database. His articles have appeared in American Behavioral Scientist, Aggression and Violent Behavior, the Journal of Campus Behavioral Intervention, the Journal of Health Service Psychology, Forensic Digest, Campus Safety Magazine, The Pennsylvania Psychologist, Police Chief Magazine, and Criminology and Public Policy. He maintains the largest online collection of materials relating to school shooters at schoolshooters.info, including over 500 documents totaling 65,000 pages. His latest book is School Shooters: Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators. In 2018, Dr. Langman became a researcher with the National Threat Assessment Center of the United States Secret Service, and was a contributor to their report, Protecting America’s Schools. In 2020 he was hired as the Director of Research and School Safety Training for Drift Net Securities.
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some of the most destructive shooting sprees in recent years.
While Lanza did not carry out his attack on a college campus, he
certainly could have. For campus Behavioral Intervention Team
members, exploring Lanza’s motivations could help better address students who may pose a threat of similar violence.
done in schools by a threat assessment team comprised of individuals in several roles and positions, including psychologists. This article addresses the importance of access to information and information exchange, warning signs of potential violence, elements of a comprehensive threat assessment (including motive, means, and opportunity), and the role of life
stressors that contribute to desperation and rage, and three psychological types of school shooters.
some of the most destructive shooting sprees in recent years.
While Lanza did not carry out his attack on a college campus, he
certainly could have. For campus Behavioral Intervention Team
members, exploring Lanza’s motivations could help better address students who may pose a threat of similar violence.
done in schools by a threat assessment team comprised of individuals in several roles and positions, including psychologists. This article addresses the importance of access to information and information exchange, warning signs of potential violence, elements of a comprehensive threat assessment (including motive, means, and opportunity), and the role of life
stressors that contribute to desperation and rage, and three psychological types of school shooters.