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Learning Objectives
Outline the history of mass violence and media coverage of these events in the United States.
Identify psychopathology that is uncommon in mass shooters.
Describe psychopathology that is common in mass shooters and discuss how different pathologies act synergistically.
Analyze cultural factors that influence perpetrators of mass violence.
Distinguish targeted and affective violence and the role of pathways in identifying persons at risk for mass violence.
Evaluate components of the Pathways to Violence Model.
Describe the proximal warning behaviors outlined in the Warning Behaviors Model.
Discuss the distal characteristics of targeted violence as defined in the Warning Behaviors Model.
Define core concepts associated with perpetration of extremist violence, including radicalization and terrorism.
Analyze current and historic extremist ideologies common in the United States.