Share this Article Facebook Twitter Email You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. University Duke University A new book debunks the common myth that most perpetrators of violent crime are mentally ill. There have been more than 400 mass shootings in the United States this year. Turning on the news to yet another story about an unprevented shooting can provoke a variety of reactions, but whether grieving or desensitized, people often settle for the simplest explanations and quickly place blame—in the case of shootings—on mental illness. “…the public often fails to recognize the limits...