Violence Assessment and Intervention: The Practitioner’s Handbook

Violence Assessment and Intervention......Page 1
Preface......Page 3
Acknowledgments......Page 5
Authors......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 9
Section I: Introduction......Page 14
The Call......Page 15
Notification......Page 17
Assessment......Page 18
Security......Page 21
Legal......Page 23
Interventions and Monitoring......Page 24
Summary......Page 26
Section II......Page 27
Part 1: Assessment......Page 28
Introduction......Page 29
Physical Concepts......Page 30
Case History......Page 32
Case History......Page 35
Emotional Concepts......Page 37
Case History......Page 38
The Domineering Victim......Page 39
The Fantasy Victim......Page 42
The Ineffectual Victim......Page 44
The “Nice-Guy ”Victim......Page 47
The “Romantically Involved ”Victim......Page 49
The Criminal Victim......Page 51
Summary......Page 52
Introduction......Page 54
Interview Structure......Page 56
Interview Sources......Page 57
Victim Interview......Page 58
Taking Notes......Page 61
The Witness Interview......Page 62
Collateral Interviews......Page 63
The Instigator Interview......Page 65
Public Records......Page 71
Internet Information......Page 72
Department of Motor Vehicles......Page 73
Federal Court Records......Page 74
Miscellaneous Records......Page 75
Restricted Records (United States)......Page 76
Information Organization......Page 78
Endnotes......Page 80
The Threat Assessment Process: An Outline......Page 82
Threats and Violent Incident Resource List (Form A)......Page 89
Incident Log (Form B)......Page 93
Victim Information Synopsis (Form C)......Page 96
Witness Information Synopsis (Form D)......Page 98
Instigator Information Synopsis (Form E)......Page 100
Introduction......Page 103
Behaviors to be Explored for Violence Assessment......Page 107
Witness Interview Form......Page 109
Assessment and Response Grids (Version 2)......Page 111
Escalating Aggression......Page 112
Weapons Involvement......Page 113
Negative Mental Status......Page 114
Personal Stressors......Page 115
History of Violence and Conflict......Page 116
Organizational Impact and Organizational Influences......Page 117
Assessment......Page 119
Security......Page 121
Employee Relations Actions......Page 122
Methodology for Use of the Grids for Case Management......Page 124
Illustrating Use of this Tool by Way of a Case History......Page 126
Initial Response Actions:(see Chapter 3 for more detail)......Page 127
Summary......Page 128
Endnotes......Page 129
Appendix 4.1......Page 130
Case History:Daniel......Page 141
Part 2: Management......Page 143
Introduction......Page 144
Organizational Structure......Page 146
Case History......Page 149
Organizational Culture......Page 150
Organizational Conflict......Page 154
The Internal Organization of the Individual......Page 157
Summary......Page 159
Introduction......Page 160
Victim Perception......Page 161
Instigator Perception......Page 163
Site Hardening......Page 164
Residences......Page 167
Offices or Office Buildings......Page 169
Proactive Behavioral Monitoring and Notification Systems......Page 170
Reactive Incident Response Notification Systems......Page 176
The Interview and Termination Process......Page 178
Site Security......Page 183
Summary......Page 184
Endnotes......Page 185
Introduction......Page 186
Federal Law or Regulation......Page 187
18 U.S.C.§2261 (Interstate Domestic Violence)......Page 188
18 U.S.C.§2262 (Interstate Violation of Protection Order)......Page 190
18 U.S.C.2265 (a)(A Full Faith and Credit of Restraining Orders)......Page 191
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)......Page 192
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)......Page 194
Title VII:(42 U.S.C.§2000e)......Page 195
Expert Witness Presentation of Violence Assessment in Court......Page 196
Protective and Restraining Orders......Page 199
Anti-Stalking Law......Page 204
Other Statutes......Page 205
Duty to Warn......Page 206
Tarasoff Warning......Page 210
Privilege, Confidentiality, Privacy and Defamation......Page 211
Summary......Page 215
Endnotes......Page 216
In the Beginning......Page 218
Putting It Together......Page 220
First Team Member (The Leader)......Page 221
Third Team Member (The Boss)......Page 222
Second Optional Team Member (The Violence Assessment Professional)......Page 223
Other Optional Team Members......Page 224
Training the Decision-Making Team......Page 226
Policy and Procedures......Page 227
Training......Page 228
Acquiring the Consultant......Page 229
Public Entities......Page 230
Guards......Page 232
Case History......Page 235
After the Crisis......Page 243
Terminations......Page 244
Summary......Page 248
References......Page 249