Research Catalog

Title

Threat assessment and management strategies : identifying the howlers and hunters / Frederick S. Calhoun and Steve W. Weston.

Author

Calhoun, Frederick S.

Publication

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

Weston, Stephen W.

Description

xxii, 211 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"A crucial step in any successful threat management process is knowledge of the players involved. Some individuals truly intend violence (known as hunters), while others merely want to threaten or draw attention to themselves (howlers). Threat Assessment and Management Strategies: Identifying the Howlers and Hunters helps those who interact with questionable populations to identify problem behaviors and determine the appropriate preventative action." "A successful threat management process does not necessarily depend on large staffs or huge resource commitments, but, instead, on attention to detail and a thoughtful approach. Through actual case studies and case analyses, this volume explains the best practices for assessing problem individuals and recommends the optimal protective response and management strategy. The authors provide key indicators of hunters and howlers, comparing and contrasting their behaviors and motivations."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Threats
• Criminal behavior, Prediction of
• Police training
• Violence > Prevention
• Violence > Psychological aspects
• Aggressiveness

Note

• "With a summary of the research on the Intimacy effect by Debra M. Jenkins."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introducing Hunters versus Howlers -- 2. Defining Hunters and Howlers -- 3. Understanding Hunters -- 4. Understanding Howlers -- 5. Working with the Intimacy Effect and the Law -- 6. Working with the Hunter and Howler Concepts -- App. A. When Should Threats Be Seen As Indicative of Future Violence? Threats, Intended Violence, and the Intimacy Effect / Debra M. Jenkins.

ISBN

• 9781420087314 (alk. paper)
• 1420087312 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008032882
• 40016030553

OCLC

• ocn227914218
• 227914218
• SCSB-5441420

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries