Becoming A Bully Magnet

This "research" sounds like it is giving the "bully" permission futher providing unacoutability to such by even suggesting that the bully is actually the victim? Are you kidding me? When did the lines of research and reality blur? A bully is a bully and a victim is a victim. A bully bullies because he hates and if he "manipulates" his peers to join then that makes him a double threat bully. If he fools you then that makes him a threat to society.

Being a scientist myself, I have an appreciation for research and trying to understand behavior and such. Here is my question: What about the bully? Granted, I do feel there are some issues going on that cause certain children to be picked on, but what causes someone to go the other extreme and essentially torment someone else both physically and emotionally. That, to me, is the more important issue. Any individual that gets their kicks out of tormenting others is not exactly running on a full deck of cards. Take, for example, this guy I knew in school. He essentially bullied other kids all through out school. A few years ago, the guy ended up pulling a gun on his 3 year old daughter and then himself, because his wife threatened to leave him (as a result of abuse toward her). Though I think it is interesting and important to find out why others are prone to bulling, I think research needs to focus more on the bully and finding way of early intervention, since those are the individuals that tend to do more harm.