Wanting sex and willing to kill: Examining demographic and cognitive characteristics of violent "involuntary celibates".

Over the past several years, an online community of self-described "incels," referring to involuntary celibates, has emerged and gained increased public attention. Central to the guiding incel ideology and master narrative are violent misogynistic beliefs and an attitude of entitlement, based on male gender and social positioning, with respect to obtaining desired and often illusory sexual experiences. While violence and hate speech within the incel community are both common, there exists a notable subset of incels who have been willing to act on those violent beliefs through the commission of acts of multiple murder.

Gender Differences in Prescription Opioid Misuse Among U.S. Black Adults.

Background: Prescription opioid misuse (POM) is a significant problem among U.S. adults, including Blacks, as indicated by past research.

"It's Going to be Extra Fun!": Analysis of an Atypical Case of Teen Homicide as Leisure Behavior.

Recently, scholars in literary criminology and leisure sciences have begun to explore the role of broader leisure culture in potentially shaping fantasy development, planning, preparation, and execution in specific cases of expressive homicide. This brief report focuses on an unusual case of expressive homicide, wherein two teen offenders in Idaho collaborated to murder a female classmate as an intentional leisure activity. Prior to the murder, the offenders created a videotape describing how they planned to commit this (and additional) murders.