Taxonomy II: Safety/Protection—Class 3 Violence (00138) [Diagnostic Division: Safety] Submitted 1980;
Revised 1996
Definition: At risk for behaviors in which an individual demonstrates that he or she can be physically, emotionally,
and/or sexually harmful to others
Revised 1996
Definition: At risk for behaviors in which an individual demonstrates that he or she can be physically, emotionally,
and/or sexually harmful to others
Risk Factors/[Indicators]*
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE:
Against others (e.g., hitting, kicking, scratching, biting or spitting, or throwing objects at someone; attempted rape, rape, sexual molestation; urinating/defecating on a person)
Threats (e.g., verbal threats against property/person, social threats, cursing, threatening notes/letters or gestures, sexual threats)
Antisocial behavior (e.g., stealing, insistent borrowing, insistent demands for privileges, insistent interruption of meetings; refusal to eat or to take medication, ignoring instructions)
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE:
Against others (e.g., hitting, kicking, scratching, biting or spitting, or throwing objects at someone; attempted rape, rape, sexual molestation; urinating/defecating on a person)
Threats (e.g., verbal threats against property/person, social threats, cursing, threatening notes/letters or gestures, sexual threats)
Antisocial behavior (e.g., stealing, insistent borrowing, insistent demands for privileges, insistent interruption of meetings; refusal to eat or to take medication, ignoring instructions)
*NOTE: Although a risk diagnosis does not have defining characteristics (signs and symptoms), the factors identified here can be used to denote an actual diagnosis or as indicators of risk for/escalation of violence.
