Surge in “familicides” coming?
BALTIMORE - Dr. Richard Gelles, an expert in the field of domestic violence says that America should prepare for an increase in what he calls “familicide,” in which a head of household kills his family and then himself.
Lost your job? Your family can deal with that better than it can with you killing them.
Gelles says the disturbing trend is on the rise and is tied directly to the economy. The good doctor profiles the perpetrators as white men between the ages of 30 and 60 and who have lost a job or suffered a significant drop in income.
When asked how society can stem this coming wave of violence, Gelles was less than optimistic: “You can’t.”
And somewhere, someone is listening to Bob Dylan’s “The Ballad of Hollis Brown” and thinking, maybe this unkempt youngster is on to something.
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