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, Affective violence - Impulsive, emotional, reactive violence that is unplanned and in
response to a perceived threat in the immediate environment Meloy , 2006
anchor - Factor that provides stability- would provide support to a subject who is
struggling to give a reason NOT to engage in violence DeBecker, 1997
Approach behavior - Frequency and intensity of the subjects attempts to be physically
close to the target includes successful and unsuccessful attempts
Attack related behavior - Needed in order to launch a physical assualt on a target
displayed as in the steps on the pathway to violence Calhoun and Weston, 2009
behavioral indicators - Observable action that provides evidence of an underlying
element that may be relevant to a threat assessment and management case Bulling et
al, 2008
Breach - Compromised or circumvented security measures Calhoun and Weston, 2003
Bunker - Individual or groups becomes defensive and is surrounded by fortifications to
keep information in and detractors out. Can lead to overestimation of risk Calhoun and
Weston, 2012
Black Swan Events - incidents that describe highly improbable but high-impact events
Meloy and Talib,2007
CirCon factors - Circumstances, content, and contextual factors related to a subjects
inappropriate communication or contact Calhoun and Weston, 2003
congnitive complexity - Psychological construct- ability to perceive nuances or subtle
differences: high- sensitive to small changes, low- less likely to detect differences
(intuition/street smarts) Scott, 1962
contextual factors - Situational/ environmental factors that surround a subject- can be
personal, organizational, or on a larger scale Scalora and Bulling, 2007
credible threat - Direct or veiled- thought to be real: tested by the threateners ability and
intent to carry it out DeBecker, 1997
Domino Effect - Cumulative effect on an event can have when it initiated a succession
of similar events - tends to lose inhibitors to affect other aspects in subjects life and
creates a downward spiral Calhoun and Weston, 2012
energy burst - Preattack increase in intensity, frequency, or duration of a variety of
warning behaviors usually indicate an att i is imminent Meloy, 2011
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