Killology

Killology is a term invented by law enforcement trainer Dave Grossman. It is a pseudoscience[1][2] concerning the psychology of taking a life.[3] Grossman, who has never killed anyone in combat,[4] 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.[5][6]

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References
  1. McLaughlin, Kelly (June 2, 2020). "One of America's most popular police trainers is teaching officers how to kill". Insider.
  2. Balko, Radley (February 14, 2017). "A day with 'killology' police trainer Dave Grossman". The Washington Post.
  3. Eells, Josh (February 8, 2017). "Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, the "Killologist" Training America's Cops". Men's Journal. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  4. Schatz, Bryan (March 2017). ""Are you prepared to kill somebody?" A day with one of America's most popular police trainers". Mother Jones.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
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