{"id":3948,"date":"2015-10-02T18:11:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/?p=3948"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:56:41","slug":"oregon-shooting-israeli-research-may-identify-potential-shooters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/oregon-shooting-israeli-research-may-identify-potential-shooters\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon shooting: Israeli research may identify potential shooters"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"clearfix\"><p>After the fourth shooting on an American college campus since August, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/academics\/faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Nancy Zarse<\/a> was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jns.org\/latest-articles\/2015\/10\/2\/amid-oregon-shooting-israeli-research-may-identify-potential-school-shooters#.VhLdzyssZCE=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interviewed<\/a> regarding her opinion of the viability of a new personality profiling technique that &#8220;automates the identification of potential school shooters by analyzing personality traits that appear in their writings.&#8221;\u00a0The technique was developed by an Israeli professor and an American forensic psychiatrist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All authorities are pretty consistent that there is no profile of a school shooter, Zarse tells <em>JNS.org<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe don\u2019t profile school shooters, we assess risk factors.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>About Nancy Zarse<\/h3>\n<p>Dr Nancy Zarse is a licensed clinical psychologist and full professor in the Forensic Department at The Chicago School. 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