ATAP CTM ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Target - ✔✔A person, object, or place that is the aim of an attack.
✔✔Targeted Violence - ✔✔Violent incidents involving an identifiable subject
(perpetrator) who possess the intent and potential to cause harm to an identifiable
target.
✔✔Terrorism - ✔✔Act of violence or threats of violence used to further the agenda of
the perpetrator while causing fear and psychological distress. (Schmid 2006)
✔✔Third party control or monitoring - ✔✔Using a reliable third party to exercise control
over the subject or unobtrusively monitor his or her behavior. (Calhoun & Weston 2009)
✔✔Threat Assessment - ✔✔A fact based method of assessment/investigation that
focuses on an individuals patterns of thinking and behavior to determine whether, and to
what extent, he or she is moving toward an attack on an identifiable target. (Borumet
1999)
✔✔Threat control override - ✔✔A condition in which the individual believes they are not
in control of their actions, but instead is being commanded by an outside, usually
malevolent, force (Link & Stueve, 1994).
✔✔Threat Management - ✔✔Managing a subject's behavior through interventions and
strategies designed to disrupt or prevent an act of targeted violence.
✔✔Threat Management Process - ✔✔The entirety of the steps taken to identify, asses,
and manage a a threat assessment case. This includes developing, implementing and
monitoring a thorough plan unique to each subject and situation that includes protective
measures for the intended target. (Feinet, 1995, 2002)
,✔✔Threat Management Strategy - ✔✔A coordinated plan of direct interventions with the
subject that, based on current information, regarding level of threat posed, is designed
to defuse the risk in a given situation at a particular point in time.
✔✔Threat Management Team - ✔✔A cross functional, multi-disciplinary team approach
to assist in assessing threatening situations and developing threat management plans.
The team meets regularly and as needed in crisis situations to review potential and
active threat cases. (Deisinger, Randazzo, O'Neil & Savage 2008)
✔✔Threat Manager - ✔✔The person who has the primary responsibility for initiating,
investigating, assessing and managing threat cases. this person should have the
experience and training in threat assessment/management before assuming the role of
manager. (Calhoun & Weston 2003, 2009)
✔✔Triggers - ✔✔An event or action that initiates a response of some type.
✔✔Types of Targeted Violence - ✔✔Domestic and Workplace Violence are a type of
this.
✔✔domestic violence - ✔✔A pattern of behavior in which one intimate partner uses
physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation, and emotional, sexual, or
economic abuse to control the other partner in a relationship.
✔✔workplace violence - ✔✔Targeted violence, threats, bullying, harassment,
intimidation, etc. that occurs in the workplace-by someone within the organization or
outside the organization.
✔✔Public Figure - ✔✔A target with a high public profile, such as a government official,
politician or entertainer.
✔✔Organizational - ✔✔An act of violence in which the target is an organization or
group, rather than an individual.
✔✔Veiled Threat - ✔✔Threat of an indirect nature, vaguely describing the possibility of
negative consequences for the target. (O'Toole 2000)
✔✔Venues of Violence - ✔✔Locations in which violence occurs or could potentially
occur, including (but not limited to) workplaces, residences, and schools. (Calhoun &
Weston 2012)
✔✔Victim Interview - ✔✔Interview involving the target of the threatener (subject).
✔✔Victim Management - ✔✔Working with the target to determine what a potential
victim knows and needs to know, and how he or she finds out about the subject's
, behaviors. Providing too much information can unnecessarily cause distress for the
victim, while not presenting enough can lead to unsafe situations.
✔✔Victim Selection - ✔✔The process by which a subject focuses on a target for his or
her intended violence. This can include specific selection or opportunistic victims that
happen to be at the location of an attack or included in some broad group which the
subject has a grievance (Calhoun & Weston 2012)
✔✔Violence - ✔✔An intentional act of harm
✔✔Violence Content - ✔✔The nature and intensity of violent rhetoric included in
inappropriate contacts and communications (Meloy, 2011).
✔✔Violence Risk Assessment - ✔✔A continuous investigative and analytical process of
evaluating an individuals probability of committing an act of violence based on personal
and situational variables by an individual qualified (through training, experience, or
education) to make risk determinations and recommendations for response,
management, and mitigation of that risk. (Hart 1998, Rogers 2000; ASIS & SHRM 2011)
✔✔violence risk factors - ✔✔Reliable factors which have an established correlation with
violent crime (Meloy, 2001).
✔✔Violence Risk Screening - ✔✔A broad determination by a threat management team
as to whether individual's behavior shows cause for concern and should initiate threat
management procedures (ASIS & SHRM, 2011).
✔✔Violent Ideation - ✔✔The process of forming and entertaining thoughts about
violence as an acceptable means to address a grievance. (Burns, Disorbio & Hanks
2007)
✔✔vulnerability - ✔✔The degree to which a target is at risk for attack or disruption. In
mental health circles, it is an innate propensity for a disorder or symptom cluster, which
may manifest given certain triggers.
✔✔Watch and wait - ✔✔Unobtrusive monitoring of the subject while waiting to see if he
or she will take additional actions in relation to the target. (Calhoun & Weston 2009)
✔✔Witness Interview - ✔✔Interview involving a third party, usually to inquire about
information concerning threatening behaviors or contacts by the subject, or background
information on the subject's past or current behavior or mental status
✔✔Assessment - ✔✔The process of gathering information for use in making decisions
✔✔Management - ✔✔The process of acting to gain or maintain control of a situation.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Target - ✔✔A person, object, or place that is the aim of an attack.
✔✔Targeted Violence - ✔✔Violent incidents involving an identifiable subject
(perpetrator) who possess the intent and potential to cause harm to an identifiable
target.
✔✔Terrorism - ✔✔Act of violence or threats of violence used to further the agenda of
the perpetrator while causing fear and psychological distress. (Schmid 2006)
✔✔Third party control or monitoring - ✔✔Using a reliable third party to exercise control
over the subject or unobtrusively monitor his or her behavior. (Calhoun & Weston 2009)
✔✔Threat Assessment - ✔✔A fact based method of assessment/investigation that
focuses on an individuals patterns of thinking and behavior to determine whether, and to
what extent, he or she is moving toward an attack on an identifiable target. (Borumet
1999)
✔✔Threat control override - ✔✔A condition in which the individual believes they are not
in control of their actions, but instead is being commanded by an outside, usually
malevolent, force (Link & Stueve, 1994).
✔✔Threat Management - ✔✔Managing a subject's behavior through interventions and
strategies designed to disrupt or prevent an act of targeted violence.
✔✔Threat Management Process - ✔✔The entirety of the steps taken to identify, asses,
and manage a a threat assessment case. This includes developing, implementing and
monitoring a thorough plan unique to each subject and situation that includes protective
measures for the intended target. (Feinet, 1995, 2002)
,✔✔Threat Management Strategy - ✔✔A coordinated plan of direct interventions with the
subject that, based on current information, regarding level of threat posed, is designed
to defuse the risk in a given situation at a particular point in time.
✔✔Threat Management Team - ✔✔A cross functional, multi-disciplinary team approach
to assist in assessing threatening situations and developing threat management plans.
The team meets regularly and as needed in crisis situations to review potential and
active threat cases. (Deisinger, Randazzo, O'Neil & Savage 2008)
✔✔Threat Manager - ✔✔The person who has the primary responsibility for initiating,
investigating, assessing and managing threat cases. this person should have the
experience and training in threat assessment/management before assuming the role of
manager. (Calhoun & Weston 2003, 2009)
✔✔Triggers - ✔✔An event or action that initiates a response of some type.
✔✔Types of Targeted Violence - ✔✔Domestic and Workplace Violence are a type of
this.
✔✔domestic violence - ✔✔A pattern of behavior in which one intimate partner uses
physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation, and emotional, sexual, or
economic abuse to control the other partner in a relationship.
✔✔workplace violence - ✔✔Targeted violence, threats, bullying, harassment,
intimidation, etc. that occurs in the workplace-by someone within the organization or
outside the organization.
✔✔Public Figure - ✔✔A target with a high public profile, such as a government official,
politician or entertainer.
✔✔Organizational - ✔✔An act of violence in which the target is an organization or
group, rather than an individual.
✔✔Veiled Threat - ✔✔Threat of an indirect nature, vaguely describing the possibility of
negative consequences for the target. (O'Toole 2000)
✔✔Venues of Violence - ✔✔Locations in which violence occurs or could potentially
occur, including (but not limited to) workplaces, residences, and schools. (Calhoun &
Weston 2012)
✔✔Victim Interview - ✔✔Interview involving the target of the threatener (subject).
✔✔Victim Management - ✔✔Working with the target to determine what a potential
victim knows and needs to know, and how he or she finds out about the subject's
, behaviors. Providing too much information can unnecessarily cause distress for the
victim, while not presenting enough can lead to unsafe situations.
✔✔Victim Selection - ✔✔The process by which a subject focuses on a target for his or
her intended violence. This can include specific selection or opportunistic victims that
happen to be at the location of an attack or included in some broad group which the
subject has a grievance (Calhoun & Weston 2012)
✔✔Violence - ✔✔An intentional act of harm
✔✔Violence Content - ✔✔The nature and intensity of violent rhetoric included in
inappropriate contacts and communications (Meloy, 2011).
✔✔Violence Risk Assessment - ✔✔A continuous investigative and analytical process of
evaluating an individuals probability of committing an act of violence based on personal
and situational variables by an individual qualified (through training, experience, or
education) to make risk determinations and recommendations for response,
management, and mitigation of that risk. (Hart 1998, Rogers 2000; ASIS & SHRM 2011)
✔✔violence risk factors - ✔✔Reliable factors which have an established correlation with
violent crime (Meloy, 2001).
✔✔Violence Risk Screening - ✔✔A broad determination by a threat management team
as to whether individual's behavior shows cause for concern and should initiate threat
management procedures (ASIS & SHRM, 2011).
✔✔Violent Ideation - ✔✔The process of forming and entertaining thoughts about
violence as an acceptable means to address a grievance. (Burns, Disorbio & Hanks
2007)
✔✔vulnerability - ✔✔The degree to which a target is at risk for attack or disruption. In
mental health circles, it is an innate propensity for a disorder or symptom cluster, which
may manifest given certain triggers.
✔✔Watch and wait - ✔✔Unobtrusive monitoring of the subject while waiting to see if he
or she will take additional actions in relation to the target. (Calhoun & Weston 2009)
✔✔Witness Interview - ✔✔Interview involving a third party, usually to inquire about
information concerning threatening behaviors or contacts by the subject, or background
information on the subject's past or current behavior or mental status
✔✔Assessment - ✔✔The process of gathering information for use in making decisions
✔✔Management - ✔✔The process of acting to gain or maintain control of a situation.
