Marking my radio to listen to Tricia's True Crime Radio tonight, who will have a renown author and expert on shootings/school shootings. Will find post and bump.
Link (also on WS home page):
(Tonight 8:00 PM Eastern on Websleuths Radio)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/websleuths/2017/04/19/websleuths-radio-the-facebook-murder
ETA: Info about tonight's guest:
https://schoolshooters.info/about-dr-langman
"About Dr. Langman
Peter Langman, Ph.D., is a sought-after expert on the psychology of school shooters. He conducts trainings on understanding the psychology of school shooters and identifying potential school shooters for professionals in mental health, education, and law enforcement. He has spoken at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA, been hired by Homeland Security to train professionals in the United States, and been recruited by the State Department to speak to international audiences.
Dr. Langman served on Pennsylvania’s Joint State Government Commission’s Advisory Committee on Violence Prevention. In the wake of the Sandy Hook attack, his recommendations on preventing school shootings were presented by the CEO of the American Psychological Association to President Obama. His research on school shooters has been cited in congressional testimony on Capitol Hill.
Dr. Langman’s new book, School Shooters: Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators, was published in January 2015. His previous book, Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters, was named an Outstanding Academic Title of 2009 by the American Library Association. It has been translated into German, Finnish, and Dutch.
Dr. Langman has been interviewed over three hundred times by media outlets in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, South America, Asia, and the Middle East. He has appeared on The Today Show, 20/20, CBS, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, NPR, Fox, and the BBC. His research on school shooters has been featured in articles carried by The New York Times, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Yahoo News, and thousands of other news outlets.
Dr. Langman writes a blog for Psychology Today. In 2008, Dr. Langman received the Psychology in the Media Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association for his work on educating the public about school shooters and school safety. In 2012, he was given the Sally K. Lenhardt Professional Leadership Award by Lesley University for his research and work on preventing school shootings. In 2016, he was the recipient of the Innovation in Research and Publication Award from the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association for his article “Multi-Victim School Shootings in the United States: A 50-Year Review.”
In addition to his research on school shootings, Dr. Langman is president of the Greater Lehigh Valley chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and served three years on the board of the Lehigh Valley chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). He serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Campus Behavioral Intervention and on the advisory board of the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NaBITA).
Dr. Langman received his B.A. in psychology from Clark University, his M.A. in counseling psychology from Lesley College, and his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Lehigh University.
Dr. Langman’s first book, Jewish Issues in Multiculturalism, was hailed as “a landmark contribution” to multicultural studies. In addition to being a psychologist, Dr. Langman is a poet and playwright. View information about his plays. View his poetry book,The Last Days of John Keats and Other Poems."
