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What is Threat Assessment

Chapter 7
Handbook of Research on School Violence in American K-12 Education
A systematic approach to determining if a person is making or posing a threat.
Published in Chapter:
Tightening the Gap: Advocating for Law Enforcement and School Personnel for Identifying Students at Risk of Violence
Maria Ray Langheim (University of Illinois at Springfield, USA) and Ann Maureen McCaughan (University of Illinois at Springfield, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6246-7.ch007
Abstract
Between January 1, 2012 and January 30, 2018 alone there were 27 school shooting incidents, accounting for 62 victim deaths, 108 victims injured, countless witness and community members affected, and 10 assailants who committed suicide or were killed by a police officer during the attack, at schools or campuses across the United States (U.S.). Clearly, further intervention and prevention strategies are necessary for school personnel and law enforcement, as well as our greater communities, in reducing instances of school violence. Identification of individuals and groups who are at higher risk for violence toward self or others is one essential step in prevention. When prevention is unsuccessful, a student may begin down a path toward violence, eventually posing a threat to the extent that identifying and intervening becomes necessary. Encouraging law enforcement and school personnel to become well-versed in both, so that they might successfully support each other's efforts and develop common goals, is essential to successful communication regarding students and groups of concern.
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Chapter 68
Leveraging on Digital Footprints to Identify Potential Security Threats: Insights From the Behavioural Sciences Perspective
Threat assessment is a structured group process used to evaluate the risk posed by a student or another person, typically as a response to an actual or perceived threat or concerning behaviour.
Published in Chapter: Leveraging on Digital Footprints to Identify Potential Security Threats: Insights From the Behavioural Sciences Perspective; From: Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web
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Chapter 83
Threat and Risk Assessment Using Continuous Logic
The manner of devising the possibility and importance of a potential threat.
Published in Chapter: Threat and Risk Assessment Using Continuous Logic; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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Chapter 18
Misogynistic Males: Mass Murders, the Incel Subculture, and Ways to Assess Risk
A process to identify and thereafter manage individuals of concern on the basis of a threat or other concerns being flagged.
Published in Chapter: Misogynistic Males: Mass Murders, the Incel Subculture, and Ways to Assess Risk; From: Mitigating Mass Violence and Managing Threats in Contemporary Society
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Chapter 2
National Security Policy and Strategy and Cyber Security Risks
The product or process of identifying or evaluating entities, actions, or occurrences, whether natural or man-made, that have or indicate the potential to harm life, information, operations, and/or property.
Published in Chapter: National Security Policy and Strategy and Cyber Security Risks; From: Handbook of Research on Civil Society and National Security in the Era of Cyber Warfare
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Chapter 6
Changing the Mindset in Higher Education: The Critical Need for Active Shooter Training in Campus Communities
Efforts to identify, assess, and manage individuals and groups who may pose a threat of targeted violence (Fein, Vossekuil, Pollack, Borum, Modzeleski, & Reddy, 2002).
Published in Chapter: Changing the Mindset in Higher Education: The Critical Need for Active Shooter Training in Campus Communities; From: Preventing and Reducing Violence in Schools and Society
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Chapter 7
Threat Assessment of Mass Shootings
A method to identify individuals of concern on the basis of a threat being made or other concerns being flagged.
Published in Chapter: Threat Assessment of Mass Shootings; From: Examining Gun Regulations, Warning Behaviors, and Policies to Prevent Mass Shootings
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