Predicting Violence

The ability to predict violence is at the heart of the concept of foreseeable risks. All violence is predictable to someone; but we are not all able to predict all acts of violence in advance. Because the targets of violence encompass all sectors of society from government to individuals, from economics to personal freedom, and the sources of violence vary from nations to loved ones, from co-workers to professional criminals, the likelihood of violence occurring is often related to our ability to control our environment. Understanding the variables which cause friction in the environment, and learning to avoid or reduce friction is often the key to predicting the eruption of violence.

This seminar explains the concept of threat analysis as it relates to the threat of violence. Participants move from identifying their vulnerabilities to violence in the workplace, at home, in the community and in unfamiliar surroundings to predicting the most likely sources of violence they will face from others. The examination of sources of violence will include the form violence is likely to take; the rationale behind the violence; an assessment of the harm that the violence will cause and what the cost of reducing or eliminating the threat of violence will be.

The goal of the training will be to instruct participants in how to live and work in their environment with the confidence of knowing that they can effectively respond to the conditions which cause violence to erupt and thereby avoid, deter or terminate a violent act which may occur in their presence.