Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

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23 May 2026 · 1 min

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Dr. Jameca Cooper discusses what violent offenders have in common: missing community and connection, untreated mental health issues including suicidal thoughts, access to firearms, and isolation at home and school. She connects forensic psychology to the root causes of school violence.

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Are there patterns that emerge, Dr. Jameca Cooper, about the kind of individuals that do this? What is, as you say, what is missing often in their lives? Purpose, community, self-respect, what is it?
So many things appear to be missing. The bigger, the larger piece is really community and engagement and connection within a community because these are the types of things that keep people healthy. And connected and accountable. So we see that missing. We see some unhealthy mental health. One of the teens was suicidal. The mom knew it. We see access to firearms. We see isolation in the home. So there is a larger aspect of community, schools, peers, but then within the home, there is also community.