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Psychological Vulnerabilities And Propensities For Involvement In Violent Extremism, Randy Borum
Psychological Vulnerabilities And Propensities For Involvement In Violent Extremism, Randy Borum
Randy Borum
Research on the psychology of terrorism has argued against the idea that most terrorist behavior is caused by mental illness or by a terrorist personality. This article suggests an alternative line of inquiry – an individual psychology of terrorism that explores how otherwise normal mental states and processes, built on characteristic attitudes, dispositions, inclinations, and intentions, might affect a person’s propensity for involvement with violent extremist groups and actions. It uses the concepts of “mindset” – a relatively enduring set of attitudes, dispositions, and inclinations – and worldview as the basis of a psychological “climate,” within which various vulnerabilities and …
Informing Lone-Offender Investigations, Randy Borum
Informing Lone-Offender Investigations, Randy Borum
Randy Borum
This article examines the current research on targeted violence by lone offenders to inform intelligence and criminal investigations. It begins by analyzing the definitions and nature of lone offender attacks, discusses the role of "radicalization," and the ways in which mental illnesses may or may not be relevant.
Crisis Intervention Teams May Prevent Arrests Of People With Mental Illnesses, Randy Borum, Stephanie Franz
Crisis Intervention Teams May Prevent Arrests Of People With Mental Illnesses, Randy Borum, Stephanie Franz
Randy Borum
Historically, as many as 7–10% of US police contacts have involved persons with mental illnesses, with a disproportionate amount of these encounters resulting in arrest, usually for minor offenses. Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) were created, and have proliferated, to ameliorate this problem by offering a specialized response and serving – at least informally – as a liaison between mental health services and police departments. Because preventing unnecessary arrests is one of CIT’s principal objectives, this study examined the arrest rates of persons with mental illnesses and the number of arrests that might have been prevented after the implementation of a …
Crisis Intervention Teams (Cit): Considerations For Knowledge Transfer, Larry Thompson, Randy Borum
Crisis Intervention Teams (Cit): Considerations For Knowledge Transfer, Larry Thompson, Randy Borum
Randy Borum
No abstract provided.
Evaluation Of Youth In The Juvenile Justice System, Randy Borum, Randy Otto
Evaluation Of Youth In The Juvenile Justice System, Randy Borum, Randy Otto
Randy Borum
No abstract provided.
Managing At Risk Juvenile Offenders In The Community: Putting Evidence Based Principles Into Practice, Randy Borum
Managing At Risk Juvenile Offenders In The Community: Putting Evidence Based Principles Into Practice, Randy Borum
Randy Borum
No abstract provided.
Understanding The Terrorist Mindset, Randy Borum
Police Training And Specialized Approaches For Responding To People With Mental Illnesses, Randy Borum
Police Training And Specialized Approaches For Responding To People With Mental Illnesses, Randy Borum
Randy Borum
No abstract provided.
Preventing Targeted Violence Against Judicial Officials And Courts, Bryan Vossekuil, Randy Borum, Robert Fein, Marisa Reddy
Preventing Targeted Violence Against Judicial Officials And Courts, Bryan Vossekuil, Randy Borum, Robert Fein, Marisa Reddy
Randy Borum
No abstract provided.
Comparing Outcomes Of Major Models Of Police Responses To Mental Health Emergencies, Randy Borum
Comparing Outcomes Of Major Models Of Police Responses To Mental Health Emergencies, Randy Borum
Randy Borum
OBJECTIVE: The study compared three models of police responses to incidents involving people thought to have mental illnesses to determine how often specialized professionals responded and how often they were able to resolve cases without arrest. METHODS: Three study sites representing distinct approaches to police handling of incidents involving persons with mental illness were examined-Birmingham, Alabama; and Knoxville and Memphis, Tennessee. At each site, records were examined for approximately 100 police dispatch calls for "emotionally disturbed persons" to examine the extent to which the specially trained professionals responded. To determine differences in case dispositions, records were also examined for 100 …
Threat Assessment: Defining An Approach To Assessing Risk For Targeted Violence, Randy Borum, Robert Fein, Bryan Vossekuil, John Berglund
Threat Assessment: Defining An Approach To Assessing Risk For Targeted Violence, Randy Borum, Robert Fein, Bryan Vossekuil, John Berglund
Randy Borum
No abstract provided.
Police Perspectives On Responding To Mentally Ill People In Crisis: Perceptions Of Program Effectiveness, Randy Borum
Police Perspectives On Responding To Mentally Ill People In Crisis: Perceptions Of Program Effectiveness, Randy Borum
Randy Borum
No abstract provided.
Detection Of Deception In Law Enforcement Applicants: A Preliminary Investigation, Randy Borum, Harley Stock
Detection Of Deception In Law Enforcement Applicants: A Preliminary Investigation, Randy Borum, Harley Stock
Randy Borum
Using the MMPIand the IPI, the present study examined the differences in psychometric defensiveness between two groups of law enforcement applicants: applicants identified as being deceptive and a comparison group of candidates for whom no deception was indicated. Significant differences were found on the traditional validity (minimization) scales for both instruments as well as several supplemental scales and indexes from the MMPI. A new index (Es-K) from the MMPI showed a highly significant difference between groups and good classification accuracy. The results suggest that deceptive applicants show more defensiveness on psychometric testing and that test results may assist in raising …