CHAPTER TEN
Violent Behavior
CASE VIGNETTES
Case 1
A male Caucasian inmate is sent from prison to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. The patient is over six feet tall, highly muscular, and heavy. He has pasty white skin and an angry glare. His voice is slow, but loud; he has a thick accent from the southern United States. Officials bring him from the prison in shackles to be evaluated by a diminutive and bespectacled African-American psychologist. The patient just glares at the evaluator, refusing to answer any questions with a demeaning, “Not to you,” and is ushered away. In reviewing the records, the psychologist ...
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