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Chapter 23
Mental Health Nursing
5th Edition
Fontaine and Fletcher
Community Violence
Types of Violence
Types of Violence
Types of Homicide
Personal-cause homicide
Nonspecific homicide
Revenge homicide.
Patricide/matricide homicide.
Authority Killing.
Workplace Violence
School Violence
Gun Control
Physical and verbal harm to other
students and teachers.
Street Violence
Causative Theories
Theories
Past history.
Serious threats of violence.
Psychosis.
Romantic obsessions
Chemical dependency.
Depression and suicidality.
Pathological blaming.
Impaired neurological functioning.
Personality disorder.
Interest in firearms, bombs.
Affiliation with gangs.