What is Threat Assessment?

Incidents of targeted violence have increased throughout the years in places such as businesses, places of worship, educational institutions, public and private spaces, and more. The question always asked is: how do we prevent this from happening? Threat assessment is a practice that may be the answer to this problem. But, what is threat assessment and how does it work? In this module, we discuss the basic elements of threat assessment and its potential to prevent acts of targeted violence.