Assaultive Bodily Harm refers to what?

• A. Intent, capability, opportunity for physical aggression not lethal
• B. Indicates verbal threats only
• C. Legal liability criteria
• D. Injury caused in past incident

Answer: (A)

The main idea is assessing threats by three factors: intent to cause physical harm, the capability to do so, and the opportunity to act. When you see all three present, there is a credible risk of non-lethal physical aggression, which is what assaultive bodily harm refers to in this context. Verbal threats alone don’t prove capability or opportunity, so they don’t meet the threshold for assaultive bodily harm. Legal liability criteria deal with what happens in law, not the immediate threat assessment, and injuries from a past incident don’t automatically indicate a current threat unless the three factors are present now. So this option best captures the combination of intent, capability, and opportunity to commit non-lethal physical harm.