> is crucial to set up systems that spot teens who are struggling and may become dangerous. You can’t predict violent events or who will go from threatening be

> is crucial to set up systems that spot teens who are struggling and may become dangerous. You can’t predict violent events or who will go from threatening behavior to murder, O’Toole said. But it is possible for us to look around and see the people who are having problems and need intervention. Interventions can prevent violence, even if we can’t predict it. Yea so i am skeptical. The problem seems to be similar to many rare events: false positives. It's just so rare, that any signs or interventions are going to apply mostly to people who have done nothing wrong. And even if you do suspect someone is going to start killing... What are you going to do? It's a free country, and we are not yet living in Oceania. Most people will tell you to... 'go away' if you offered some intervention (I would too). We cannot even prevent suicides, which are 1000 times more common.