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Clarke ECSP Attackers only Attackers and approachers Typology No typology Offers some comparative understanding Offers little comparative understanding Focus on attempted and successful assassinations only Focus on attempted and successful assassinations only No White House cases No White House cases Motive Delusional Thinking or Active Psychosis Harm Intent Animus Toward POTUS* Resentful Retribution None Yes Yes Pathologically obsessed Retribution orPersonal gain Persecutory orGrandiose Yes Yes (Retribution)No (Personal gain) Infamy seeker Political statement None Yes Not necessarily Intimacy seeker Realization of fanaticized relationship Erotomanic No No Nuisance To provide help to or seek help from the President Grandiose, narcissistic, or dependent; may be actively psychotic No No or Attention seeker To see or be seen with the President None No No * President of the United States.
