Extreme online violence may be linked to rise of ‘0 to 100’ killers, experts say
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Criminal justice specialists call for new approach to identify emerging type of murderer with no prior convictions
The rise of 0 to 100" killers who go from watching torture, mutilation and beheading videos in their bedrooms to committing murder suggests there could be a link between extreme violence online and in real life, experts have said.
Criminal justice experts advocated a new approach, inspired by counter-terrorism, to identify an emerging type of murderer with no prior convictions, after cases such as Nicholas Prosper, who killed his mother and siblings and planned a primary school massacre.
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