Citation

Sorrentino R, Friedman SH, Hall R. Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. 2016; 39(4): 701-710.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, 2500 West Lake Mary Boulevard, Lake Mary, FL 32746, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psc.2016.07.002

PMID

27836162

Abstract

The role of gender in violence is poorly understood. Research has shown that gender has an important and, at times, distinct role in the prediction of violence. However, this gender disparity diminishes in the setting of mental illness. The risk assessment of violence in women is largely based on research in violent men. There are distinct characteristics in female violence compared with male violence. Attention to these characteristics may lead to the development of gender-dependent tools that can be used to evaluate violence risk.

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Language: en