Parking Lot of Uncertainty: Forensics Journal Entry

Parking Lot of Uncertainty

Deviations from lesson plans end up on the this board because the best learning takes place when you let your mind wonder around what you are learning.  Learning does not require laser like focus on a singular task, but mindfulness within the task.

Student:  Are there more serial killers then (historically) or now (currently)?

Me:  I don't know? "Park-it"

Student:  (after looking it up)  That's interesting, serial killers seem to be on the decline. I wonder why.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2011/01/blood_loss.html

Me:  Yeah, it seems we see more "mass killings" rather than repeated serial killings these days.  I wonder if that has anything to do with terrorism being so endemic.

Other Student:  ...what's the difference between terrorism and genocide?  

Students:  (discussion)

Me:  (While Researching) Looks like the overall homicide rate increased during the 70s and 80s and then declined.  Some of the reasons offered to explain this decline include an aging society, legalized abortion, and environmental lead exposure.