PSY-6512

J.R. Meloy & J. Hoffman (Eds.). (2021). International handbook of threat assessment (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Read Chapter 1: Threat Assessment and Threat Management
This reading introduces students to basic concepts, definitions, and theories related to threat assessment and management.
Read Chapter 18: Fundamentals of Threat Assessment for Beginners
This reading provides a basic overview of threat assessment considerations for establishing a threat assessment program.

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.
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/making-prevention-a-reality.pdf/view
Read Chapter 1: Awareness: Initial Step Toward Change (pp. 3-10)
This source introduces students to how to identify, assessment and manage targeted violence.

Borum, R., Fein, R., Vossekuil, B., & Berglund, J. (1999). Threat assessment: Defining an approach to evaluating risk of targeted violence. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 17, 323-337.
This source introduces students to a foundational framework for assessing targeted violence. It defines the approach first developed by the Secret Services and is still used throughout the threat assessment profession today.

Fein, R.A., Vossekuil, B., & Holden, G.A. (1995). Threat Assessment: An Approach to Prevent Targeted Violence. National Institute of Justice.
This reading provides students a summary of foundational process that include operational and investigative approaches that can be effectively used to identify, assess, and manage the risk of targeted violence before it happens.