Main description:

Offers a simple and collaborative method for identifying potential problems that can be used by professionals working in the field of education, human resources, and security

Discusses real-life case studies that illustrate the potential effectiveness of behavioral analysis techniques in predicting and preventing problems

Offers a novel approach to school and workplace violence that can be implemented and expanded upon by practitioners and academics

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction And Orientation to Active Killer Threat Assessment

Scope of this book

A paradigm shift from active shooters to active killers

A change in mindset from being reactive to proactive

Assessment versus analysis

Threat intelligence collection and assessment

The problem with "profiling" active killers

The importance of operationalizing definitions

Chapter 2. Active Killer Characteristics: Myths Vs. Statistics

Myth 1: active killers are everywhere

Myth 2: active killers are only a problem in the United States

Myth 3: disgruntled students and employees are the only threat to safety

Myth 4: the attacker just "snapped"

Myth 5: demographics can identify an active killer

Chapter 3. Direct Behaviors of Planned Lethal Violence

Active killer motivations

Grievance as a precursor of lethal violence

Grievance and the crisis state

The fatal grievance pathway

Planned lethal violence

Direct behaviors and stages of planned lethal violence

Direct behavioral clusters of planned lethal violence

The planned lethal violence stairway model

Chapter 4. Indirect Behavioral Indicators of Planned Lethal Violence And Situational Distressors

Indirect behaviors

Primary indirect behavioral indicators

Secondary indirect behavioral indicators

Stress and violence

Situational distress

Situational distressors

Chapter 5. Threat Management and Resolution: Identifying The Threat

The necessity of structure in active killer threat assessment

Forensic investigation and behavioral analytical methods

Contextual factors

Factors of social desirability

The role of social fabric in threat assessment

Detecting behavioral indicators of planned lethal violence

Baselines and anomalies

Establishing baselines and identifying anomalies

Bias and error considerations in detecting concerning behavior

Chapter 6. Threat Management and Resolution: Assessing The Threat

The problem with relying on "pre-attack behaviors" in threat assessment

Understanding significancy and frequency of anomalies

Prediction and threat assessment

Forecasting in threat assessment

Qualitative and quantitative forecasting

Predictive analytics and modeling

Predictive behavioral threat forecasting

Methodology

Qualitative adjustments to threat confidence levels

Completing the threat assessment

Bias errors in assessing a threat

Chapter 7. Threat Management and Resolution: Engaging The Threat

Conflict management vs. conflict resolution

Monitoring

Third-party intervention

Direct interventions

Engagements based on threat level

Chapter 8. Limitations And Conclusion

Summary of key takeaways

Limitations

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Index

References