Social:Killology
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Short description: The study of effects of killing on the human psyche
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Killology is a term invented by law enforcement trainer Dave Grossman. It concerns the psychology of taking a life.[1]
Grossman, who has never killed anyone in combat,[2] invented the term in his 1996 book On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, drawing on the work of combat historian S.L.A. Marshall.[3][4]
Criticism
University of Nebraska criminal justice professor Samuel Walker characterized Grossman's killology training as "okay for Green Berets but unacceptable for domestic policing. The best police chiefs in the country don’t want anything to do with this.”[2]
See also
- Hoplology
- Nonkilling
References
- ↑ Eells, Josh (February 8, 2017). "Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, the “Killologist” Training America’s Cops". Men's Journal. http://www.mensjournal.com/features/articles/lt-dave-grossman-the-self-described-killologist-training-americas-cops-w463304.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schatz, Bryan (March 2017). ""Are you prepared to kill somebody?” A day with one of America’s most popular police trainers". Mother Jones. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/dave-grossman-training-police-militarization/.
- ↑ Wardrip-Fruin, Noah; Harrigan, Pat (January 2004). First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-262-23232-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=iaY9cMnOCUoC&pg=PT102.
- ↑ Steuter, Erin; Wills, Deborah (15 July 2009). At War with Metaphor: Media, Propaganda, and Racism in the War on Terror. Lexington Books. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-7391-3031-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=IIEFAL2YkrMC&lpg=PA64&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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