Preempting Mass Murder: Improving Law Enforcement Risk Assessments of Persons with Mental Illness

• Published in: Homeland security affairs
• Main Author: Milby, John D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Monterey Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Aggression; Aggressive behavior; Anorexia; Antisocial personality disorder; Anxiety; Archives & records; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Bipolar disorder; Communities; Comorbidity; Crime; Criminal investigations; Crises; Delinquency; Drug abuse; Drug self-administration; Eating disorders; Failure analysis; Federal agencies; Gaging; Homicide; Illnesses; Incidence; Intelligence; Judicial system; Juvenile delinquency; Law enforcement; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health care; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Police; Police training; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychology; Public safety; Researchers; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Risk management; Safety; Schizophrenia; Social behavior; Subgroups; Success; Threat assessment; Threat evaluation; Training; Violence; Warning; Working conditions; United States > US

Law enforcement officers are regularly called upon to respond to assist mentally ill persons in crisis; some experts estimate that as many as 20 percent of all law enforcement calls for service involve persons with a mental illness.[1] In the majority of communities across the country, law enforceme...