title: The value of prevention: managing the risks associated with targeted violence and active shooters.
abstract: Every time we turn on the news, or open our Internet browsers, a story about an active shooter--at a school, house of worship, public place and even in our workplace--spills onto the page, the author reports. In this article he focuses on how we can prevent these incidents from occurring. What exactly is "targeted violence"--and why is what experts call "behavioral threat assessment" one of the single most effective ways to prevent the next active shooter incident in any organization?
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doherty
mesh_terms: D005389:Firearms; D006268:Health Facilities; D012308:Risk Management; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*