Showing papers by "John Monahan published in 1986"
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TL;DR: The events precipitating violent behavior, demographic characteristics of violent people, sources of stress, cognitive and affective factors, historical and current contexts of violence, the means of violence and the victims are addressed.
Abstract: The events precipitating violent behavior, demographic characteristics of violent people, sources of stress, cognitive and affective factors, historical and current contexts of violence, the means of violence and the victims are all addressed.
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01 Jan 1986
TL;DR: The case of the eviction of Eleanor Bumpurs as discussed by the authors, a 67-year-old mentally disordered black woman who lived alone in a public housing project in the Bronx, was one of the first to be reported to the Emergency Service Unit.
Abstract: Nowhere are the controversies that can arise when police deal with mentally disordered persons more tragically evident than in a recent New York City case of Mrs. Eleanor Bumpurs (Raab, 1985). Mrs. Bumpurs was a 67-year-old mentally disordered black woman who lived alone in a public housing project in the Bronx. Her rent was $89 a month and she had not paid it for 5 months. A New York City marshall went to the apartment to evict Mrs. Bumpurs for failing to pay her rent, but she refused to let him in and made threats through the locked door. The next day, October 29, 1984, the Emergency Service Unit of the New York City Police Department was notified of the threats. Six Emergency Service Unit officers went to Mrs. Bumpurs’ apartment to evict her. They punched out the lock and went into the apartment carrying plastic shields designed to protect them against blows and knife thrusts and also carrying a “restraining bar,” which is a U-shaped bar attached to a long handle that is used to pin a person against a wall.
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