Fatal Grievances Av Gregory M. (Missouri Western State University) Vecchi, Mary Ann (Grand Canyon University) Markey, Jeffrey A. Daniels

<P>Active killer attacks frequently dominate the headlines with stories of seemingly random mass killings in school, campus, and workplace settings. Nearly all of the attacks are over before the police can respond, leaving unanswered questions as to why these attacks happen and what can be done to prevent them. <EM>Fatal Grievances: Forecasting and Preventing Active Killer Threats in School, Campus, and Workplace Settings</EM> takes a proactive view of active killer threat management and resolution to prevent the attack before it occurs. </P><P>Drawing from established threat assessment, behavioral analysis, and law enforcement negotiation theory and practice, the book presents models and methods designed to forecast and prevent an active killer attack through the process of identification, assessment, and engagement. This approach begins with definitions and orientations to violence, the importance of the primacy of focusing on direct behaviors of planned lethal violence over other mo