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J.R. Meloy & J. Hoffman (Eds.). (2021).International handbook of threat assessment (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press
Read Chapter 5.
This chapter providers students with an in-depth summary of the legal considerations for threat assessment and management. It covers constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and common laws that play a role in the legal landscape of threat assessment.

DoD Defense Science Board. (2012). iPredicting Violent Behavior.
Read Sections 4.0-4.9 (pp. 33-47)
This source providers students with an overview of several legal issues pertaining to threat assessment and management. More specifically, it describes the legal issues related to privacy, religious freedoms, information sharing, and records sharing.

Staal, M.A., & Harvey, S.C. (2019). The ethics of operational psychology. In Staal, M.A. & Harvey, S.C. (Eds.), Operational Psychology a New Field to Support National Security and Public Safety, (pp. 35-52). Preaeger.
Read Chapter 3.
This chapter introduces some of the ethical challenges operational psychologists, like those who conduct threat assessment, face. It focuses on those working in the military or department of defense; however, these ethical issues can be generalized to any psychology professional engaged in threat assessment and management practices.

Neller.J.N. (2019). Foundations of indirect assessment. In Staal, M.A. & Harvey, S.C. (Eds.), Operational Psychology a New Field to Support National Security and Public Safety, (pp. 211-240). Preaeger.
Read Chapter 10.
This chapter provides you with an understanding of what an indirect assessment is. It also provides the ethical and legal framework for engaging in conducting indirect assessments, like a threat assessment.

Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP). (2010, March). ATAP Code of Ethics.

Specialty guidelines for forensic psychology. (2013). American Psychologist, 68(1), 7–19.
This webpage presents the specialty guidelines for forensic psychologists. Those who practice forensic psychology must not only adhere to the ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct, but also to these specialty guidelines which speak to unique ethical issues in the field of forensic psychology.

National University (2023). Kaltura User Guide. Graduate Studies Support Center.
This resource includes instructions for recording and uploading videos into courses using Kaltura.

This resource has been provided to assist you with Week 7 Assignment.

Microsoft. (nd). Turn your presentation into video. Microsoft Support.