Criminalistic Aspects of a Study of Post-Criminal Suicide in Cases on Mass Murders in Educational Institutions

A post-criminal suicide in cases on mass murders in educational institutions is viewed in criminalistics from several angles: means of interference with an investigation; conduct-related incriminating evidence showing the causal relationship between a murder and a suicide; specifi c post-criminal conduct form. The author determines the tasks of the initial stage of investigation of mass murders in educational institutions. The paper notes special personality aspects of the attackers indicating the potential for being drawn to a destructive community and the related risk of aggressive conduct in the form of an armed assault. The author focuses on the obligatory demonstrative and symbolic character of violence present in mass murders and their communicative nature. A conclusion is made on the importance of analyzing the conduct of an individual for the purposes of identifi cation of an intent to commit a mass murder with subsequent suicide.