A Different Animal:
Assessing and Managing Domestic Violence Threat
The art of threat assessment and management helps to prevent targeted violence against society's most protected VIPs, but how can that knowledge be applied to domestic abuse in our workplaces and communities? In this 60-minute presentation, participants will learn how to evaluate and handle high-lethality cases using key threat assessment concepts and valuable insights gleaned from speaker Lynn Fairweather's 30 years of experience in violence prevention.
Featured training topics include understanding perpetrator mentality and motives, recognizing high-risk behaviors, interpreting threats, implementing target-hardening techniques, and developing effective intervention plans. Participants will leave with an enhanced understanding of the issue, essential risk identification skills, practical case management strategies, and new perspectives on how to prevent domestic violence attacks. This training is appropriate for all professionals who work with intimate partner abuse cases.
Learning Objectives:
Increase knowledge of intimate partner abuse, the unique challenges of domestic violence (DV) threats, and the motivation of violent perpetrators
Learn to identify the statements and behaviors that can indicate a high-lethality DV case
Understand how core principles of threat assessment and management relate to DV response and prevention
Discover how to develop and implement collaborative, holistic DV intervention plans