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Mass violence is a major public health issue. Targets include schools, entertainment venues, public spaces, and workplaces. Victims range from students, teachers, concertgoers, and bar patrons to government employees. It may initially seem spontaneous and random, but mass violence is purposeful, planned, and predatory. Most attackers plan mass violence for days, weeks, months or even years, and they follow a discernable trajectory toward violence called the Pathway to Violence. This presentation will summarize the steps on the Pathway to Violence and focus on the first step, grievance, to explain why attackers ultimately commit mass violence. The seminar will continue by reviewing research related to the grievance phase of the Pathway to Violence and presenting case examples where attackers’ grievances have been identified.

PRESENTER: Erin Langill, Instructor, Counterterrorism Division, FLETC

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