Report pages 7–7: 11 claims on p. 7 (statement 1, definition 10).
Targeted workplace violence is a premeditated act of violence at a workplace, directed at a specific individual, group, or location, regardless of motivation and generally unrelated to other criminal activity.
A premeditated act of violence perpetrated at a workplace, directed at a specific individual, group, or location, regardless of motivation and generally unrelated to other criminal activity.
An individual is known or knowable when their identity, affiliation, or behavior patterns are already recognized or can reasonably be identified through frequent or substantive contact with the workplace. Common examples are current or former employees, regular or notable customers, clients, patients, or visitors, and current or former romantic partners or relatives of individuals connected to the organization.
An individual is known or knowable when their identity, affiliation, or patterns of behavior are either already recognized (i.e., known) or can reasonably be identified (i.e., knowable) based upon their frequent or substantive contact with the workplace.
Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) is a behavior-based approach to proactively prevent incidents of targeted violence by identifying concerning individuals, assessing risk, and applying interventions.
A behavior-based approach to proactively prevent incidents of targeted violence.
An individual of concern is anyone who has exhibited concerning behaviors that may indicate a potential risk of harm to themselves or others in the workplace setting.
Any individual who has exhibited concerning behaviors that may indicate a potential risk of harm to themselves or others in the workplace setting.
Concerning behavior is action or communication that is objectively or contextually troubling or inappropriate and indicates a potential risk of violence.
Actions or communications by an individual that are objectively or contextually troubling or inappropriate and indicate a potential risk of violence.
The systems approach gathers information from various community systems to provide a comprehensive and reliable assessment of an individual's thinking and behavior.
A process of gathering information from various community systems in order to provide a comprehensive and reliable assessment of an individual's thinking and behavior.
Assessment themes are areas of inquiry that give a contextual understanding of an individual's mindset, behavior, and circumstances, allowing a BTAM team to judge whether the individual poses a risk of violence.
Areas of inquiry that, when explored, will provide a contextual understanding of an individual's mindset, behavior, and circumstances
Risk management is the strategies and efforts a BTAM team pursues to make a violent outcome less likely, and it should always be driven by the results of the behavioral threat assessment.
The strategies and efforts pursued by a BTAM team with the goal of making a violent outcome less likely.
Common types of individuals known or knowable to a workplace include current or former employees; regular or notable customers, clients, patients, or visitors; and current or former romantic partners or relatives of individuals connected to the organization.
Common types of individuals that are known or knowable to a workplace include current or former employees; regular or notable customers, clients, patients, or visitors; and the current or former romantic partners or relatives of individuals connected to the organization.
The U.S. Secret Service behavioral threat assessment model was developed to identify individuals displaying threatening or concerning behavior, gather information to assess whether an individual poses a risk of violence, and then manage the risk with appropriate interventions.
The U.S. Secret Service behavioral threat assessment model was developed to identify individuals displaying threatening or concerning behavior, gather information to assess if an individual poses a risk of violence, and then manage the risk by implementing appropriate interventions.
Risk management should always be driven by the results of the behavioral threat assessment.
Risk management should always be driven by the results of the behavioral threat assessment.
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