Fundamentals of Risk and Threat Assessment

Catalog description

This 8-week course will explore the fundamentals of risk and threat assessment. This will include the history and evaluation of the field as well as an understanding of the current body of research and practice. You will review a broad scope of risk and threat assessment areas including the pathway to violence, threat assessment, and threat management, and risk related to sexual dangerousness, arson, violence, stalking and intimate partner violence, and workplace violence. You will develop a basic understanding of risk assessment in various contexts, assessment tools, and how they may be used in juvenile and adult population.