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Prevention in practice: how evidence-based threat assessment applies to the headlines.
Likelihood and Severity: How Behavioral Risk Levels Actually Get Determined
A risk level is not a single yes-or-no verdict. It comes from two questions, how likely a situation is to escalate and how severe the outcome could be, and Homicide Zero's screening and assessment tools help teams think through both.
Read morePrevention InsightsHomicidal Ideation Assessment vs. Screening: What the Terms Actually Mean
Screening and assessment are not interchangeable terms, and conflating them creates two different kinds of risk. Here is what each actually means, and how a tiered process uses both.
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- Steps in a Homicide Risk Assessment: What the Process Actually Requires
- How Structured Scales Assess and Track Homicide Plan Formation
- What Is Behavioral Risk Assessment? A Structured Guide for Educators, Clinicians, and Organizations
- Closing the Bystander Gap: Why Prevention Depends on Someone Speaking Up
- The Sheehan-Homicidality Tracking Scale (S-HTS): Structure and Clinical Use
- Homicide Assessment Tool: What It Is, What It Measures, and How Teams Select One
- The Research Behind Behavioral Risk Assessment: What Changed the Field
- What Is a Homicidal Assessment Tool? Structure, Use, and Evidence
- Behavioral Risk Assessment Outside the Clinic: A Structured Approach for Organizations Without Mental Health Staff
- Behavioral Risk Assessment Tools: What They Measure, How They Differ, and What to Look For
- What a Thorough Homicide Risk Assessment Actually Looks Like
- What Do We Mean When We Say Severity? Rating Homicide Risk in Clinical Practice
- Clinical Settings, Real Risk: How Healthcare Staff Can Act on What They Notice
- Before You Trust AI With a Threat Assessment: Seven Questions to Ask Any Vendor
- When Grievance Becomes Fixation: Recognizing an Escalating Warning Pattern
Reddit AMA Archive: Violence Prevention & Behavioral Threat Assessment
Dr. Robert Moore answered the Reddit community's questions on threat assessment, the "off-ramps" concept for homicidal ideation, and more.
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Episode 46: Understanding Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) in Schools
ZeroNow • 2025-06-23
NCITE Speaker Series: Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM)
NCITE • 2024-07-25
How Schools and Law Enforcement Are Navigating a Spike in Violent Threats
PBS NewsHour • 2024-11-09
Violence in the Age of Social Media | James Densley | TEDxHamlineUniversity
TEDx Talks • 2019-05-08
Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM)
Michigan Office of School Safety • 2023-04-11
2026 Youth School Safety Virtual Summit
Texas School Safety Center • 2026-05-01
NTAC: Averting Targeted School Violence
U.S. Secret Service • 2021-03-09
School Safety and Threat Assessment for School Staff
UVA Youth Violence Project • 2023-10-03
National agency and schools unite to address gun violence concerns
NEWS9 / Sandy Hook Promise • 2024-09-11
Spotting the Signals: Understanding behavioral threat assessment
CSBA (California School Boards Association) • 2024-11-22
Just Joking | Sandy Hook Promise
Sandy Hook Promise • 2023-09-27
A Teddy Bear's Dream | Sandy Hook Promise
Sandy Hook Promise • 2025-03-10
Student Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management for K-12 Schools
Campus Safety • 2024-04-15
Documentary 'Thoughts and Prayers' explores industry built around school security
PBS NewsHour • 2025-11-25
School violence expert: Invest in people, not products to ensure safety
WJLA News • 2025-11-11
Preventing Targeted Violence: Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center
U.S. Secret Service • 2023-01-25
Behavioral Threat Assessment in Schools: Evidence, Fit, and Appropriateness
The Collaborative • 2024-05-22
The Power of Violence Prevention Programs | Sandy Hook Promise
Sandy Hook Promise • 2025-01-01
Violence Prevention Education | Sandy Hook Promise
Sandy Hook Promise • 2025-01-01
Trailer for Echoes of Columbine
FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation • 2025-01-16
Impact of Learning Projects on Youth & Gun Violence Prevention | Sandy Hook Promise
Sandy Hook Promise • 2024-10-11
Webinar: 2025 State of Student Safety - Part 2 | Student Safety in Action
Lightspeed Systems • 2025-08-14
CPS Community Conversation - School Safety October 1, 2025
CPS Public Affairs • 2025-10-01
The Importance of Behavioral Threat Assessments for Stronger School Safety
CENTEGIX • 2026-02-19
Behavioral Threat Assessment & Management | Navigate360 x Dr. Margaret Coggins
Navigate360 • 2026-02-27
School Safety Virtual Training Series: Federal Resources for K-12 Security Threats and Incidents
CISA • 2024-02-26
Expert warns social media is fueling school violence threats
ABC 7 News - WJLA • 2026-02-28
Assessing and Responding to Anonymous Threats of Violence in the K-12 Environment
CISA • 2025-02-13
Research Workshop on School-Related Violence Prevention and Response: Day 1
Center for Global Development • 2026-02-23
2026 State of the Schools: Safety & Security
PGCPS • 2026-01-21
Evaluating Your Threat Assessment Program
National Center for School Safety • 2026-04-13
Supporting Special Education in Threat Assessment
National Center for School Safety • 2026-04-13
Illuminating Insights into the School Threat Assessment Toolkit — Introduction
National Center for School Safety • 2026-04-01
Law Enforcement's Role in Threat Assessment
National Center for School Safety • 2026-04-01
Stop School Violence: How Threat Assessment Works
WSIC News • 2026-04-01
2025 Public Safety Symposium — Targeted Violence Prevention in New York State
NYS Public Safety • 2026-02-15
Behavioral Threat Assessment: Understanding Behavior Threat Assessment (Series Ep. 2)
Maryland Center for School Safety • 2026-01-15
Systems-Level Approaches to Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis
American Psychological Association • 2026-03-15
Mental Health in Schools: We're Doing it Wrong
TEDx Talks • 2022-05-13
The Power of 5 Minutes for Youth Mental Health
TEDx Talks • 2021-12-13
School Threat Assessment Teams
Bryghtpath • 2018-07-15
Threat assessment program could help prevent school shootings
News Channel • 2023-11-15
Why you should take a break: Prioritizing mental health in schools
TEDx Talks • 2023-09-22
Woman charged over online threat to blow up Nashville school
WSMV4 • October 29, 2025
Synagogue attack plot foiled in Alabama, 1 arrested, weapons seized, officials say
CBS42 • October 28, 2025