Aggressive or violent behavior includes a wide spectrum of behaviours.
A subject’s behaviour, and the increasing level of threat (coloured from blue, warning, to red, danger) can be described in the following ways:
Table 1: Subjects behaviour and level of threat | |
Subjects behaviour | Level of threat to staff |
Compliant/non-threatening | Complies with our requests |
Verbal and non-verbal indicators of threat/violence | See warning and danger signs |
Active aggression | Subject strikes |
Assaultive/aggression/violence | Repeated and focused attempts at assault |
Serious/aggravated violence | Production of a weapon with the intent to use it in an assault |
Within this range of behaviours we can recognise various warning signs or danger signs.