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Emailed Threats Less Crazy Than Snail Mail

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the well-on-the-whole-at-least dept.

SoyChemist writes "Psychologists at the University of Nebraska have read 300 threatening letters and 99 angry emails to members of Congress. They concluded that the authors of the electronic messages show less signs of serious mental illness, but they are more profane and disorganized. The report was published in the September issue of the Journal of Forensic Sciences."

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  1. Stop linking to shitty sources! by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 4, Informative

    If someone would take it's two minutes in order to check out the article, then it would be quickly realised that the _abstract_ of the actual paper is more detailed than the whole article linked in the summary and it is also free of the stupid sensationalization.

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