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Keith Minihane

@keithminihane.bsky.social
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PhD Student, University College Cork The alleys are the footnotes of the avenues www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.108…

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Keith Minihane @keithminihane.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This sounds like the police shot a pride van and knifed a rampage suspect. maybe they did
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Keith Minihane @keithminihane.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
New paper out today www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Narratives of Violence: A Systematic Review of Emotional Expression and Narrative Construction in Mass Murderers’ Legacy Tokens
This systematic review examines how mass murderers use legacy tokens – manifestos suicide notes, and other writings – to express emotion and construct self-justifying narratives. Across texts, offe...
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Keith Minihane @keithminihane.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A short piece I wrote on my research on mass murderer legacy tokens (manifestos, sucide notes etc) for UCC's post graduate journal. Pdf available at the link below, free and a five minute read journals.ucc.ie/index.php/bo...
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Narratives of Violence: The Last Messages of Mass Murderers | The Boolean: Snapshots of Doctoral Research at University College Cork
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Keith Minihane @keithminihane.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Evolutionary psychology reveals patterns in mass murder motivations across life stages
Mass murderers tend to be either socially rejected young men or middle-aged men facing personal collapse, according to a new systematic review. The findings highlight how developmental stage and stres...
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Mike Moncrieff @mikemoncrieff.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
This article dovetails well with my ongoing research on the status threat regulatory system and its links to envy and violence. Looking forward to seeing how @keithminihane.bsky.social and his colleagues continue advancing this important line of work.
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The Bimodal Age Distribution of Mass Murder: a Systematic Review Using Evolutionary and Life History Perspectives - Evolutionary Psychological Science
Research has identified a bimodal age distribution among mass murderers, with younger offenders typically in late adolescence and older offenders in middle age. An evolutionary perspective offers a co...
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Keith Minihane @keithminihane.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
This paper started way back during my MPhil days and has finally found its way into print. We look at how life stage pressures might help explain the strange “two peaks” often seen in the ages of mass murderers. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Bimodal Age Distribution of Mass Murder: a Systematic Review Using Evolutionary and Life History Perspectives - Evolutionary Psychological Science
Research has identified a bimodal age distribution among mass murderers, with younger offenders typically in late adolescence and older offenders in middle age. An evolutionary perspective offers a co...
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