Campus Threats to Safety: from prior sexual

Transcript:Campus Threats to Safety: from prior sexual:
Campus Threats to Safety: from prior sexual intimates to violent true believers J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D., ABPP Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Univ. of California, San Diego, School of Medicine 5th Annual Higher Education Case Management Roundtable UCLA, June 27, 2013 University of Texas, August 1, 1966, 11:25 am Mother and wife killed previous night; then 13 strangers the next day from the Texas Tower 32 injured 6 mm Remington bolt-action rifle .35 caliber Remington pump rifle .30 caliber M1 carbine Sawed-off 12 gauge Sears shotgun—observed by boy 9 mm Luger pistol Galesi-Brescia pistol .357 magnum Smith & Wesson revolver 700 rounds of assorted ammunition Knife Victims and Weapons Approximately 90 minutes Elapsed time in Texas Tower Witnessed assaults of mother by father Beaten by father; stimulated hatred and fear Firearms throughout home US Marine sharpshooter (lethality risk) Adolescent antisocial history—provocations, threats, theft Anxiety disorder; depressive disorder Chronic amphetamine abuse Somatic symptoms: intense headaches Easily enraged; assaults his own wife Compulsion to succeed; obsessional thoughts of violence Homicidal-suicidal intent Separation of parents in May, 1966 Father withdraws financial support; wife divorcing him Glioblastoma in the hypothalamus 2 cm on autopsy Risk factors for Whitman No Do these risk factors predict a mass murder? “Whitman readily admits having overwhelming periods of hostility with a very minimum of provocation. Repeated inquiries attempting to analyze his exact experiences were not too successful with the exception of his vivid reference to ‘thinking about going up on the tower with a deer rifle and start shooting people.’” Dr. Heatly’s clinical notes following visit by Whitman on MARCH 29, 1966 A day later, Dr. Maurice Heatly holds a news conference: Leakage Was Whitman the first higher education mass casualty event? Paul Matovich, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, Oct. 19, 1956 Schizophrenic and pyromaniac, freshman student Arson--3 killed in dormitory Robert Benjamin Smith, Rose-Mar College of Beauty, Mesa, AZ, November 12, 1966 Copycat effect, 18 year old admirer of Whitman .22 revolver--5 killed, systematic execution Motivated by infamy: “I wanted to get known--just to get myself a name.” Sorting Out Violent Acts Affective (Impulsive, reactive): “hot, short fuse” Unplanned, high ANS arousal, fear and/or anger, defensive, time limited, paralimbic drivers Purpose: to reduce a perceived immediate “threat” (assault, insult, humiliation, rejection, etc.) Predatory (instrumental, targeted): “cold blooded” Premeditated, controlled, emotionless, minimal ANS arousal, offensive, time unlimited, higher cortical drivers Purpose: power, dominance, revenge, notoriety, ideology, territory, sexual gratification,