Criminology

People visit the memorial outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, June 12, 2017, the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting there. (CNS/Reuters/Scott Audette)

Don't name mass shooters, criminologists' study advises media

"If we said 'the 2016 Orlando shooter,' rather than name him, we can still report all the details of that story. ... The photo is purely pandering to the public's lurid curiosity."

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