Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, Vol 10(3), Sep 2023, 188-201; doi:10.1037/tam0000200
“Imagining the Unimaginable” addresses the need for organizations to establish a process for detecting inappropriate behaviors and reporting them to entities capable of acting on the reports. The article recommends incorporating threat management concepts into law enforcement training curricula. It advocates establishing reporting procedures and identifying trained “designated receivers” within the various venues to receive and act on the reports. It also offers an all-purpose reporting guideline keyed on the path to intended violence that proposes “All Threat—All Reporting” criteria, serving as an educational tool for training everyone within law enforcement and different venues. Finally, the article explores the different responses needed for critical and noncritical threats. Together, these recommendations address the challenges involved in initially identifying problem individuals so that the threat management process can begin. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)