What is it about?
"Imaging the Unimaginable" addresses the challenge of how to get reports of inappropriate or threatening behaviors to those trained in threat management. It describes a process for detecting, reporting, and acting and offers generic criteria for what needs to be reported. The article also recommends training individuals in various venues and throughout law enforcement on what to report and how to respond.
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Why is it important?
"Imagining the Unimaginable" addresses a significant void in the literature on threat management; that is, how to get to the identify stage of the threat management process of identify, assess, and manage. It describes a process for detecting, reporting, and acting and offers generic criteria for the types of behaviors that should be reported. It also recommends training law enforcement on threat management basics and training individuals in various venues on the reporting criteria.
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I think this article will help focus attention on the challenge of how to get reports on inappropriate or threatening behaviors to individuals trained in threat management who can then identify, assess, and manage the situation.
Frederick Calhoun
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This page is a summary of: Imagining the unimaginable to prepare for the unthinkable: Criteria for detecting, reporting, and acting to thwart intended violence., Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, February 2023, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/tam0000200.
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