PSY-6512

Behavioral Analysis Unit. (2017). Making Prevention a Reality: Identifying, Assessing, and Managing the Threat of Targeted Attacks. Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice.
Read Chapter 4: Management: The Prevention (pp. 51-69)
Read Chapter 5: Threat Management Team: The Set-Up (pp. 70-80)
These sources help explain the important of developing threat assessments teams and how management of the threat is how targeted violence can be prevented.

DoD Defense Science Board. (2012). Predicting Violent Behavior.
Read Sections 3.0-3.6 (pp. 18-32)
This reference discusses prevention verses predictions, examples of mass casualty events, and explores the development of threat assessment and management teams. It also provides examples of threat management units and provides recommendations.

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). (2020). Active Threats & Targeted Violence. Police Chief Magazine, June 2020.
Read the following in this online magazine:
Preventing and Responding to Active Threats pp.6-7
Lessons Learned from the Targeted Violence Task Force pp. 8-10
Redirecting the Pathway p. 26-31
Protecting Schools, Preventing Tragedies 34-40
Stalking, Strangulation, & Shootings 42-49
This source provides an easy-to-read summary of how the threat assessment approach is applied to the law enforcement setting. You will learn how local law enforcement departments are developing threat assessment and management teams in order to help prevent targeted violence.

Wyman, John. (2020). Applying Counterterrorism Tools to Prevent Acts of Targeted Violence: Lessons Learned from the FBI’s Behavioral Threat Assessment Center. Police Chief Magazine, June 2020.
This article provides you with a brief summary of how existing counterterrorism methods can be applied to prevent targeted violence. It also illustrates the methods currently being used by the FBI BAU.

Academic Success Center (ASC). (2021). PowerPoint Presentation.
This resource includes the instructions for creating an academic PowerPoint presentation.