Protecting Judicial Officials: Implementing an Effective Threat Management Process

摘要

Contemporary threat management for judicial officials seeks to avert violence altogether. The judiciary must expand its security from simply fortifying courthouses and reacting to violent attacks. It needs to incorporate an effective threat management process for defusing the risk of violence before the violence erupts. An effective threat management process does not infer the ability to predict violence. Instead, it entails establishing procedures to enable the threat manager to identify potential problem individuals, assess the seriousness of the risk, investigate the circumstances, and then devise the appropriate strategies for managing the subject. Implementing an effective threat management process requires the judiciary to follow the '10 golden rules.' Doing so will further enhance the judiciary's security.