Criminologist links campus shootings to family, state, school 'failures'

Criminologist links campus shootings to family, state, school 'failures'

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — A cascading “collapse” of family guidance, school security, and government regulation is turning Philippine classrooms into killing fields, a criminology expert said on Wednesday. Dr. Gerry Caño, president of the Asian Criminology Society and Professional Criminology Associations in the Philippines, criticized the Philippine National Police (PNP) and state agencies for treating recent fatal school shootings “as isolated incidents” rather than symptoms of a deep-seated insti