Summative themes represent key questions that must be answered as part of an overall assessment.
Summative themes represent key questions that must be answered as part of an overall assessment
BTAM teams will be better equipped to make an informed assessment of risk if they have identified what is, or could be, motivating someone to become violent.
BTAM teams will be better equipped to make an informed assessment of risk if they have identified what is, or could be, motivating someone to become violent
Elicited concern in others means the individual's behaviors or communications caused fear, alarm, worry, or distress in those who observed them.
The individual's behaviors or communications have caused fear, alarm, worry, or distress in those who observed them
Particular attention should be paid to whether others are in fear for their safety as a result of the individual's behavior.
Particular attention should be paid to whether others are in fear for their safety as a result of the individual's behavior
Motive is the reason the individual engaged in the behavior that elicited concern or brought them to the attention of the BTAM team.
The reason(s) why the individual engaged in the behavior that elicited concern or brought them to the attention of the BTAM team
Motives may be multifaceted and include retaliating for grievances or perceived wrongs (e.g., bullying, failed romantic relationships, workplace issues); furthering ideological, bias-related, or political beliefs; acting in response to psychotic symptoms; having a desire to kill; achieving fame or notoriety; and committing suicide-by-cop.
Motives may be multifaceted and include retaliating for grievances or perceived wrongs
Access to weapons is the current or future ability to access weapons that could be used to cause harm, including firearms, bladed weapons, explosives, chemicals, and poisons.
Current or future ability to access weapons that could be used to cause harm
Access to weapons may include weapons readily available at home, secured or unsecured, as well as weapons in the homes of relatives or friends.
Access to weapons may include those that are readily available to the individual in their home, whether secured or unsecured, as well as those accessible in the homes of relatives or friends
Why inferred Descriptive 'may include' scope statement; typed as guidance.
Family members, friends, coworkers, neighbors, law enforcement, mental health professionals, and others may have been concerned about an individual's demeanor, mental well-being, or threatening communications.
Family members, friends, coworkers, neighbors, law enforcement, mental health professionals, and others may have been concerned about an individual's demeanor
BTAM teams will need to assess whether the individual has the means and capability to cause harm by gathering information about the weapons the individual has access to or could potentially obtain.
Lastly, BTAM teams will need to assess if the individual has the means and capability to cause harm by gathering information about the weapons the individual has access to or could potentially obtain.
Motive also includes assessing the reasons that may drive an individual to carry out an act of violence.
Motive also includes assessing the reasons that may drive an individual to carry out an act of violence.
BTAM teams will also need to understand whether people who know or have had contact with the individual have been concerned, especially if that concern relates to safety.
They will also need to understand if the people who know or have had contact with the individual have been concerned, especially if their concern is related to safety.
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