In many cases of threat, communication from the perpetrator is often the only piece of information available against the offender and for this reason, researchers are now trying to figure out if communication can reveal offender's psycho-pathy and the degree to which he/she can be dangerous to the target. Our research shows that some physiological reactions during the threat giving incident would also say a great deal about escalation or possible de-escalation. A person who stays calm during threat-giving is more capable of actually carrying out a violent action or whatever he threatens to do compare to someone who shouts and looks nervous. The more a person shouts and expresses anger; the lower is the risk of escalation. However this is not enough to make a final conclusion because there are other factors impacting the decision. The person being threatened can also play a role in diffusing the situation by responding kindly or adequately in whatever is the best possible manner. Some people would respond to a threat with a threat of their own and that can also work provided the person takes the target seriously and considers him or...
Whether the threat would escalate to violence or not is determined also by how the violent action would actually benefit the offender. If it is felt that offender would be better off carrying out a violent act and hence acting on his threat, there is likelihood that he would make an attempt.
people use threatening language, in what context, and when threatening words are a precursor to violence. Words can hurt, but at what point to the words actually precede a violent act. Many times a person will threaten violent action, but their hand will be staid by some unknown factor. The actual act is a function of both the threatener's intent and the strength of their desire to carry out the
In D.A. Gentile (Ed.), Media violence and children. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing. [the authors of this book contend that learning comes from repetition. The fact that the violent games require violent acts to be played over and over again creates an ideal learning situation. But what the players are learning is antisocial behavior and the idea that violence is a good way to resolve conflict.] Hockenbury, S.E. & Hockenbury, DH
For example law enforcement has been using what is called psycholinguistic theories to figure out levels of escalation and to determine criminal intent. Many theories exist and as we mentioned in our paper, there is a theory where sentence construction is carefully studied and analyzed to see how is meant by the threat. This is done with comparison to past communication between the aggressor and the target and other
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Controlling Violent Health Care Patients and Employees This is a paper discussion on the identification and control of violence amongst health care patients and employees. It has 11 sources. An Introduction to Violence Violence has become a common feature of our society found in every area of the nation from quiet neighborhoods in the suburbs to the urbanized cities of the U.S. To make the matter worse, the media including radio, TV,
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