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Predictors of varying levels of risks posed by fixated individuals to British public figures
Abstract
Concerning approaches and communications to the Royal Family and other British public figures are relatively numerous. This paper examines over 2000 such cases logged over a three‐year period in the United Kingdom. Using police and health data, the paper conducts a series of bivariate and multivariate analyses to demonstrate the predictors of what types of risk are posed by an individual case (e.g., communicate only, approach, security breach). The results showed that (a) the rates of serious mental disorders are higher among this sample than the general population base rate, (b) approachers were significantly more likely than communicators to suffer from serious mental disorders, (c) approachers were significantly more likely than communicators to have a history of substance use and abuse problems, (d) approachers were significantly more likely than communicators to have a history of violent behavior against property and persons, and (e) the motivations of approachers and communicators significantly differ. The paper concludes with a consideration of the implications for threat assessment and management.
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“Beside serious mental illness, approach is related to: help-seeking or personal rather than policy grievance-based motivations; a lack of direct threats or hateful, abusive, or angry language; a criminal record and/or history of violence; higher frequency or intensity of communications; multiple methods of communication; and target dispersion”
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“While few studies examine breaching of security barriers, among those that do, the factors found more than once to distinguish between attempted, failed, and successful breaches are: delusions of royal identity; hostile, aggressive, or abusive language; previous hospital admission for mental health; delusions and grandiosity; feelings of persecution; querulant motivations; chaotic motivations; and”
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Seaward, A., Marchment, Z., Wilson, S., Elfituri, S., Farnham, F., Plumb, T., Rose, K., Taylor, A., Corner, E., & Gill, P. (2025) · Psychology, Crime & Law · doi:10.1080/1068316x.2025.2581795 · Cited by 1
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- Authors
- Gill, P., Corner, E., Farnham, F., Wilson, S., Marchment, Z., Taylor, A., Taylor, R., & James, D.
- Affiliations
- Department of Security and Crime Science University College London London UK
- Centre for Social Research and Methods Australia National University Canberra Australia
- Fixated Threat Assessment Centre London UK
- Venue
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-03-21
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1364-1376
- ISSN
- 0022-1198
- 1556-4029
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 1
- Language
- en
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/N009614/1)
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