Kip Kinkel and Michael Carneal have many factors in common, as well as many factors that they do not share between one another. The timing of the shootings were very close in range, Michael’s incident took place in 1997 and Kip’s barley a year later, in 1998. Both of the young men suffered from some form of psychological disorder, for Kip it was Major Depressive Disorder and in Michaels case, Paranoid Schizophrenia. Mental health concerns were present in both boys but as one can imagine the manifestation of these two disorders are entirely different. Because of Kip’s dyslexia he struggled academically, however Michael was a good student and kept good grades. This is an area where the boys had contrasting issues, but with school comes bullies, which was the case for the two. Due to their smaller size both boys encountered bullying while at school. But the outcome from the bullying is different in the two cases, Kip would retaliate and had quite the record of disciplinary problems, while Michaels record was clean.
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Emotions for both boys drove thoughts of anger, resentment and hatred. Kip ultimately took his shooting to a different and more personal level when he killed his parents, Michael however did not. This may lead one to believe the internal driving forces behind Kip’s actions was really rooted at home, and not school. Both boys acquired stolen guns, which they received from a classmate. Thankfully, in both stories the fatalities were few but that does not excuse either of their actions. The strongest similarity these boys share is their sentencing, both are imprisoned, Michael is serving three life sentences for the three deaths and another 120 years for the five counts of attempted murder and Kip was sentenced to 111 years in prison, without the possibility of
Julian Knight was responsible for one of Victoria's worst mass shootings, the Hoddle street massacre. To grasp why Knight committed the crime, we first must delve back into his past. Julian Knight was born on the 4th of March, 1968. Julian was the eldest of three children. He was adopted by a family with strong military ties. Knight's family were often moving, until in 1978 they settled in Laverton, Victoria. Despite his IQ of 132, which put him in the top 3 percentile of the population, he struggled in school. At the age of 19, Julian successfully joined the Army, and commenced training at Duntroon. Julian had been obsessed with the military and guns and often fantasised about killing in combat. However, Julian resented the hierarchal system of the army, as cadets who had joined only months earlier had authority over him. It became too much for Julian and he stabbed a Sergeant, resulting in his expulsion from Duntroon. Having no means of earning an income, his girlfriend ended their relationship. Knight applied to join the Police force, but was rejected due to the stabbing. Julian was rapidly running out of money and decided to sell his car. The car broke down on the way to the buyer and could not be sold. Exacerbating the situation, Julian's mother converted his childhood bedroom into extra living space, leading Julian to feel rejected. Unable to handle the financial hardships and social rejection, Julian took his Ruger 10/22 rifle, Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun and perhaps most devastatingly, the military grade M14 303. rifle, and set about murdering 7 people and injuring 19.
The lives of everyone in the town of Springfield Oregon changed on May 21st of 1998. A quiet boy named Kip Kinkel became known as “The Killer at Thurston High” after killing both of his parents, murdering two classmates, and severely injuring 24 others. There are many factors in the 15 year old boy’s life that led up to the horrific events that occurred on that day. The same factors that influenced the tragedy in occurring could have very easily insured that it never happened to begin with.
Kemper felt that his grandmother treated him the same as his mother did, therefore making it easy for him to displace his anger onto her. On one August afternoon in 1963, Kemper shot his grandmother in the back of the head with a .22 caliber rifle and stabbed her repeatedly about the body. When his grandfather returned home, he also used the gun on him shooting him as he exited his vehicle (Fisher, 2003b). This was the first murders of the future serial killer known as the “Co-ed Killer”.
Harris was “the callously brutal mastermind” while Klebold was the “quivering depressive who journaled obsessively about love and attended the Columbine prom three days before opening fire” (Columbine High School, History). On an article published by Cullen on Slate.com, it reveals the true motivation and meaning behind the actions of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
Six years ago, Arnold Curwing accidentally shot his brother with a .22 caliber rifle. He was nine years old at the time. Surrounding this incident, as you would expect, he was under fire by his neighbors and peers from thereon, even though it was an accident. Generally, they all blamed him. Some detested him for not getting in trouble. Some might debate that he got not enough punishment. Others might conclude that the knowledge of living the rest of his life knowing that he killed his brother would be punishment enough. The people that he loved, the people he was closest to blamed him, including his mother and sister blamed him. This is the kind of thing that a person nine years of age does not forget. For this reason I make the following analysis.
Ralph Larkin appears into an argument, “Harris and Klebold laid down the “cultural script” for the next generation of shooters, they had a Website, they made home movies starring themselves as hit men, they wrote lengthy manifestos” (Gladwell, Pg 8). With Larkin’s vast knowledge he displays while others tend to imitate Harris and Klebold.
My article, “Assisted Suicide: A Right or Wrong” by Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez, discusses the importance of making assisted suicide something to consider when the patient is in pain and does not want to deal with the pain anymore. This article tells the very personal, detailed story of Matthew Donnelly and his time spent before he died. This article was written to open the eyes of people who are against assisted suicide to show them a case where the writers believe it would be acceptable to grant Donnelly’s wish and assisted him in ending his life. The purpose of this text is to be able to persuade the readers to see their point of view and hopefully get them to be for assisted suicide. The authors hope to achieve the well-assisted
It is a Friday afternoon in Charlesbay High School. Students are piling into the lunch lines awaiting hot pizza, fresh French fries and ice-cold sodas. As the students discuss what they are going to do after the football game and how their 1st hour test was, a gunshot is heard not far away. The students are ordered to stay low to the ground by school security guards. None of the students know what is happening outside the lunch lines. What is going on is a 17-year old frenetic boy who attends Charlesbay, got upset with a couple students. He was sick of hearing them call him “dumb” or “butterball” and pushing him around the hallways. Robby, we’ll call him, took matters into his own hands and decided to do something about his bullies. The way Robby obtained his gun was by a friend, an older friend. This lethal weapon caused the death of 3 students and 5 injuries. What was just explained seems to be a typical storyline heard on the news daily.
Although no one can be entirely sure what motivates teens to commit mass shootings, there are theories that must be examined to develop solutions. One theory states that there are ten factors that contribute to the likelihood of a teen committing murder. These factors include an unstable home life, being bullied at school, obsession with violent entertainment, being suicidal, involvement with drugs or alcohol, involvement with gangs or cults, and mental illness. Usually at least four of these qualities are present in homicidal teens (Khadaroo). While many of these causes stem from home lif...
On May 21st, 1998 tragedy struck at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. The shooter was identified as Kipland F. Kinkel, a fifteen year old male, who shot his parents and proceeded to open fire in the high school cafeteria. Mayor Bill Kitzhaber made this statement after the incident, “We need to ask ourselves what kind of fear leads people to do something like this, what kind of lack of opportunity drives them to make this horrible choice,” (as cited in Claiborne, 1998). Throughout Kip Kinkel’s life many failings occurred, which leads to the evaluation of the family, education system, and social structure among society to better understand similar occurrences, and what measures of prevention can be taken in order to avoid future incidents.
There has been very little literature presented on Physician Assistant Suicide and its relationship particularly to psychology, PAS is my opinion is in fact a psychological issue. Psychology by definition is a discipline that studies both the human mind and behavior and seeks to understand and provide explanation pertaining to thought, emotion, and behavior (Cherry, 2011). Applications of psychology can range from mental health, self- health, and a myriad of areas that can affect health and daily life (Cherry, 2011).
I believe that Kinesha and Le Roy are going to be products of their surroundings. Social location is going to play a big part in this. These children everyday face the chance of gun violence. The exposer to violence will lead to their ability to resolve situation using non-violent means. I believe that by observing certain behaviors, eventually, these children will begin to mimic the actions they see each day. Kinesha and Le Roy, at the young age of 7 and are scared and they show it. For example, Le Roy is afraid to leave the stoop and go downstairs with his bike. He is afraid someone will push him off and steal it, but as he gets older this will change. I believe these children will internalize their fear and suppress it. Furthermore,
On April 20, 1999, within the tiny, suburban city of Littleton, Colorado, two high-school seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, enacted a full-scale assault on columbine high school throughout the middle of the school day. The boys' idea was to kill many of their colleagues. With guns, knives, and a large number of bombs, the two boys walked the hallways and killed. Once the day was done, twelve students, one teacher, as well as the two murderers were dead; and 21 of them were wounded. The haunting question remains: why did they decide to do this?
Not all humans experience these life altering events in the same way. A combination of psychiatric and psychologic theories can be applied to the life of David Berkowitz form his violent experiences as a young adult to his neglect from mother figure throughout childhood. It can be said that a combination of these factors experienced throughout his life, led the Son of Sam killer to lash out his frustration on innocent victims in order to receive relief from a buildup of years of aggressive violent thoughts and
“People are so unaware...well, Ignorance is bliss I guess… that would explain my depression.” (Klebold, Dylan). With that sentence, I divulged myself into the most horrendous, sad journal I have ever read, hoping to gain some insight into a disturbed young man’s mind. On April 20th, 1999, Dylan Klebold accompanied his friend, Eric Harris, in one of the most publicized and shocking school shootings of the modern day--The Columbine Massacre. With their sawed-off shotguns and godlike dispositions, the boys exacted their revenge not only on their peers, but on themselves. As the nightmare collapsed, and thirteen people lay dead, the questions began. How could two boys so young commit this crime? What forced them to be this way? For the Klebold family, one question remained: How had Dylan become involved in one of the crimes of the century?