Welcome to Criminal Justice 493: Risk Assessment and Threat Management, a three-credit, senior-level course that is designed as a primer for students who work or intend to work in fields such as law enforcement, institutional or community corrections, and public or private security. Lawyers, educators, health-care professionals, and conflict resolution specialists may also find CRJS 493 helpful in their work.
Reading Assignments |
Reading Assignments |
Meloy, J. R. (2000). Chapter 8: Affective and predatory violence. In Violence risk and threat assessment: A practical guide for mental health and criminal justice professionals (pp. 87–98). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
Calhoun, F. S., & Weston, S. W. (2003). Chapter 2: Intended violence. In Contemporary threat management: A practical guide for identifying, assessing, and managing individuals of violent intent (pp. 11–29). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
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Meloy, J. R. (2000). Chapter 1: Introduction and Chapter 2: Some necessary to understand technical problems. In Violence risk and threat assessment: A practical guide for mental health and criminal justice professionals (pp. 1–11). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
Webster, C. D., Haque, Q., & Hucker. S. (2014). Chapter 1: Decision points, Chapter 2: Points of view, and Chapter 3: Predictions and errors. In Violence risk assessment and management (2nd ed.), (pp. 1–25). West Sussex, England: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. This is a digital textbook (eText). If you haven’t already done so, access or download it now through the link on the course home page.
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Webster, C. D., Haque, Q., & Hucker. S. (2014). Chapter 4: Developmental trajectories, Chapter 5: Symptomologies, Chapter 6: Personality Disorders, Chapter 7: Substance Abuse. In Violence risk assessment and management (2nd ed.), (pp. 26–60). West Sussex, England: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. |
Meloy, J. R. (2000). Chapter 9: Psychopathy. In Violence risk and threat assessment: A practical guide for mental health and criminal justice professionals (pp. 99–144). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
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Webster, C. D., Haque, Q., & Hucker, S. (2014). Chapter 8: Factors and Chapter 9: SPJ guides. In Violence risk assessment and management (2nd ed.), (pp. 61–87). West Sussex, England: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. |
Meloy, J. R. (2000). Chapter 3: A model for assessing violence risk, Chapter 4: Individual/psychological domain, Chapter 5: Social/environmental domain, Chapter 6: Biological domain, Chapter 7: Applying the model. In Violence risk and threat assessment: A practical guide for mental health and criminal justice professionals (pp. 13–85). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
Reading Assignments |
Reading Assignments |
Reading Assignments |
Webster, C. D., Haque, Q., & Hucker, S. (2014). Chapter 11: Planning, Chapter 12: Transitions (by Mary-Lou Martin), Chapter 13: Sequential redirections, Chapter 14: Implementations, and Chapter 19: Communications. In Violence risk assessment and management (2nd ed.), (pp. 92–122, 163–169). West Sussex, England: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. |
Reading Assignments |
Calhoun, F. S., & Weston, S. W. (2003). Chapter 1: Contemporary threat management, Chapter 2: Intended violence, Chapter 3: Applying the practical application of research on violence. In Contemporary threat management: A practical guide for identifying, assessing, and managing individuals of violent intent (pp. 1–55). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
Meloy, J. R. (2000). Chapter 13: New research on targeted violence. In Violence risk and threat assessment: A practical guide for mental health and criminal justice professionals (pp. 193–204). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
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Calhoun, F. S. & Weston, S. W. (2003). Chapter 4: Following the path to intended violence. In Contemporary threat management: A practical guide for identifying, assessing, and managing individuals of violent intent (pp. 57–88). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
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Calhoun, F. S. & Weston, S. W. (2003). Chapter 5: Identifying individuals of violent intent. In Contemporary threat management: A practical guide for identifying, assessing, and managing individuals of violent intent (pp. 89–112). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
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Calhoun, F. S., & Weston, S. W. (2003). Chapter 6: Assessing individuals of violent intent. In Contemporary threat management: A practical guide for identifying, assessing, and managing individuals of violent intent (pp. 113–144). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
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Meloy, J. R. (2000). Chapter 12: Stalking (obsessional following). In Violence risk and threat assessment: A practical guide for mental health and criminal justice professionals (pp. 167–191). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |
Reading Assignments |
Reading Assignment |
Reading Assignment |
Calhoun, F. S., & Weston, S. W. (2003). Chapter 8: Managing individuals of violent intent: Non-confrontational strategies, Chapter 9: Managing individuals of violent intent: Confrontational strategies. In Contemporary threat management: A practical guide for identifying, assessing, and managing individuals of violent intent (pp. 183–262). San Diego, California: Specialized Training Services. |