Pathway to Violence
This can be real or perceived
What is personal grievance?
This attack has inspired several copycats and become a byword for mass shootings.
What is Columbine?
In this stage, authorities use tips and leads that are being reported to identify threats or observable behaviors that may concern others and, if possible, an individual.
What is identify?
This information is known as PII.
What is Personally Identifiable Information?
The first step in triaging threats.
What is determining if there is an immediate threat?
The violent offense is the culmination of a highly personalized quest for justice.
What is attack?
This attack resulted in the largest restructuring of the U.S. government in history.
What is the September 11, 2001 attack?
This is the process of developing and implementing individualized plans to mitigate the threat of violence.
What is manage?
The addition of this person to your BTAM team is recommended to help understand the authorities and laws within your jurisdiction.
Who is a general counsel or privacy officer?
BTAM triage relies on this type of review.
What is a holistic review?
This step involves circumvention of security measures or boundaries at the target location.
What is probing/breaching?
This attack was a primary catalyst for the movement to expand the use of BTAM into K-12 learning institutions.
What is Sandy Hook?
This stage is meant to identify whether or not a person may be on the pathway to violence.
What is investigate?
Teams should avoid conducting investigations and assessments in this type of manner, as it may alienate an individual from their colleagues or friends.
What is a high-profile manner?
The sender of this type of communication usually masks or conceals their identity.
What is anonymous threatening communication?
This is the idea that violence is an acceptable, or even the only, means of achieving redress.
What is ideation?
The failure to prevent the shootings at this facility led the Department of Defense to commission the Defense Science Board Predicting Violent Behavior Study.
What is Fort Hood?
In this stage, objective decisions are made regarding how, and how quickly, to best move an individual away from an attack.
What is assess?
This term refers to the equal protection that government entities must afford to all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
What is Civil Rights?
These documents provided by DHS can be helpful when evaluating communication.
What are triage toolkits?
These two created the Pathway to Violence model in 2003.
Who are Calhoun & Weston?
The assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981 played a significant role in the Secret Service‘s publication of this study.
What is the Exceptional Case Study Project?
Engaging this type of team is perhaps the single most important thing a community or organization can do to further its prevention efforts.
What is multidisciplinary?
This term refers to fundamental individual rights, such as freedom of speech, press, or religion; due process of law; and other limitations on government power.
What are Civil Liberties?
This model can be used as a framework to assist in determining the imminence of an incident.
What is the Pathway to Violence model?