Several factors still make it difficult to gain a thorough understanding of the firearms abuse phenomenon, an essential step towards instituting legislative measures in different countries. The clinical-diagnostic concept of “Weapons Abuse Risk” (WAR) that we are trying to develop within a framework of multidisciplinary (psychiatric, psychological, and criminological) cooperation could prove useful.

Estimating the risk of violence from legally obtainable guns / C.A. Clerici, L. Veneroni, A. deʼMicheli, C. Albasi. - In: JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE. - ISSN 0022-3018. - 197:1(2009 Jan), pp. 74-74. [10.1097/NMD.0b013e31819251c6]

Estimating the risk of violence from legally obtainable guns

C.A. Clerici
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2009

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Several factors still make it difficult to gain a thorough understanding of the firearms abuse phenomenon, an essential step towards instituting legislative measures in different countries. The clinical-diagnostic concept of “Weapons Abuse Risk” (WAR) that we are trying to develop within a framework of multidisciplinary (psychiatric, psychological, and criminological) cooperation could prove useful.
risk of violence ; legally obtainable guns ; psychological assessing ; psychopathology
Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia Generale
gen-2009
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