Family Annihilators

An article from Newsweek Magazine that is available here talks about the

potential surge in family annihilations.

The term is not one most of us are even familiar with although our newspapers

cover the stories when they occur. In simply terms it involves the killing of

an entire family by a member of the family, usually the mother or father.

Here is a bit of scary knowledge: the largest number of mass killings in the 

United States occur in the family with workplace killings and schools slayings

the next two categories. 30% of mass killings are within the family.

The author of the article spoke with Professor Jack Levin of Northeastern

University who wrote a book on serial killers.

Professor Levin believes that as the economy spirals downward more

family annihilations may be on the way as well.  According to Levin these

individuals are not insane but rather externalize blame and feel total loss

of control. He mentions both the revenge situation as well as the altruistic

one.

It is well worth reading.