International Handbook of Threat Assessment

This is the definitive book on threat assessment. The foremost authorities from around the world describe the latest research, offer diverse perspectives, and give pragmatic advice on how to use the best methodology for specific types of threat assessment. A must for serious forensic clinicians."

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Dr. Reid Meloy is a board-certified forensic psychologist and internationally recognized expert in threat assessment. He consults on cases in North America and Europe and is a widely published author and researcher. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, and a faculty member at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and past President of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. He has been a consultant to the Behavioral Analysis Units of the FBI for the past two decades. Dr. Jens Hoffmann is a forensic psychologist and head of the Institute of Psychology and Threat Management, based in Darmstadt near Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Hoffmann has published more than seventy scientific papers and book chapters and has been a leader in the professional acceptance of threat assessment throughout Europe. In his role as an expert, Dr. Hoffmann assisted the German Bundestag in rendering the act of stalking a criminal offense in Germany. He is the former President of the Association of European Threat Assessment Professionals (AETAP). He was also a founding associate editor of the Journal of Threat Assessment and Management.

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The International Handbook of Threat Assessment, Second Edition is the comprehensive resource for mental health practitioners, law enforcement, and professionals working to prevent targeted violence. This guide will serve as inspiration for further research and equip those working to intercept harm with the necessary tools for intervention.

Contenu

• Foreword

• Robert A. Fein and Bryan M. Vossekuil

• Part I: FOUNDATIONS

• 1. Threat Assessment and Threat Management

• J. Reid Meloy, Jens Hoffmann, Eugene R.D. Deisinger, and Stephen Hart

• 2. Explicit Threats of Violence

• Lisa Warren, Ruby Basocak, Tamara Bobera, Sarah Chamberlain, Paul E. Mullen, and Troy E. McEwan

• 3. Warning Behaviors

• J. Reid Meloy, Jens Hoffmann, Lynne Bibeau, and Angela Guldimann

• 4. Source Interviewing in a Threat Management Context

• Bram B. Van der Meer

• 5. Legal Issues in Threat Assessment and Management

• Molly Amman, Ron Schouten, and Rachel Solov

• Part II: FIELDS OF PRACTICE

• 6. Workplace Targeted Violence: Assessment and Management in Dynamic Contexts

• Stephen G. White

• 7. Threat Assessment and Management in K-12

• Dewey Cornell and Anna Grace Burnette

• 8. Threat Assessment and Management in Higher Education: Enhancing the Standard of Practice

• Eugene R.D. Deisinger and Jeffrey J. Nolan

• 9. Public Figure Stalking and Attacks

• J. Reid Meloy, Molly Amman, and Jens Hoffmann

• 10. Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking and Femicide

• P. Randall Kropp and Alana N. Cook

• 11. Stalking Threat and Risk Assessment

• Troy E. McEwan

• 12. The Assessment of Anonymous Threatening Communications

• Andre Simons and Ronald Tunkel

• 13. Lone Actor Terrorism

• Paul Gill

• 14. Electronic Threats and Harassment: A Dominant Role in Threat Assessment

• Mario J. Scalora

• 15. Crawling in the Dark: Perspectives on Threat Assessment in the Virtual Sphere

• Mirko Allwinn and Nils Böckler

• 16. Insider Threats: Leveraging the Benefits of Behavioral Science Research

• Deanna Caputo

• 17. Threat Assessment of Targeted Honor-Based Violence

• Henrik Belfrage and Linda Ekman

• 18. Fundamentals of Threat Assessment For Beginners

• Mary Ellen O'Toole

• 19. International Legal Perspectives on Threat Assessment

• Kris Mohandie and Jens Hoffmann

• 20. Protective Intelligence: Threat Assessment and Management Considerations

• Chuck Tobin and Russell Palarea

• 21. Critical Concepts for Threat Assessment and Management with Adolescents

• Laura S. Guy

• 22. Rethinking the Path to Intended Violence

• Frederick S. Calhoun and Steve Weston

• 23. False Allegations in Rape, Stalking and Gang-Stalking

• Lorraine Sheridan and David James

• 24. The Importance of Bystanders in Threat Assessment and Management

• Randy Borum and Mary Rowe

• Part III: OPERATIONS

• 25. Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Chapter for Preventing Targeted School Violence

• Lina Alathari, Ashley Blair, Catherine Camilletti, Steven Driscoll, Diana Drysdale, Jeffrey McGarry, and Amanda Snook

• 26. Operations of the LAPD Threat Management Unit (TMU) and Crisis Support Response Section (CRSS)

• Brian Bixler, Jeff Dunn, and Traci Grundland

• 27. The Fixated Threat Assessment Centres: The Joint Policing and Psychiatric Approach to Risk Assessment and Management in Cases of Public Figure Threat and Lone Actor Grievance-Fuelled Violence

• Simon P. Wilson, Michele T. Pathé, Frank R. Farnham, and David V. James

• 28. Domestic Violence Risk Assessment: Tools and Procedures for Threat Assessment and Management

• Liam Ennis and N. Zoe Hilton

• 29. Threat Triage: Recognizing the Needle in the Haystack

• Sharon S. Smith and Michael D. Young

• 30. Workplace violence risk instrumentation: the use of the WAVR-21 V3 and the CAG

• Rosa Viñas-Racionero, Mario J. Scalora, and James S. Cawood

• 31. The Problem Behaviour Program: Threat assessment and Management in a Community Forensic Mental Health Context

• Troy E. McEwan and Rajan Darjee

• 32. Digital Behavioral Criminalistics to Elucidate the Cyber Pathway to Intended Violence

• Cameron Malin

• 33. Mitigating Harm in the Military: A Military Service Approach to Threat Assessment and Management

• Scott Rutz

• 34. Making Sense of Terrorist Violence and Building Psychological Expertise

• Monica Lloyd

• 35. Assessing Potentially Violent Extremists: Experiences from Dutch Investigative Psychologists

• Lieke Bootsma and Ellen Harbers

• 36. A Review of the Working Dynamics of the Salem-Keizer Student Threat Assessment and Willamette Valley Adult Threat Advisory Team Models

• John Van Dreal and David Okada

• 37. Insider Threat: Prevent, Detect and Mitigate: Building an Insider Threat Program

• Michael G. Gelles

• 38. Assessing Threats by Direct Interview of The Violent True Believer

• J. Reid Meloy and Kris Mohandie