Threat assessment
Threat Assessment as a specialist discipline assumes that serious acts of violence are in many cases the sad culmination of a longer conflict. Serious violence therefore rarely happens spontaneously. After acts of violence, signs or behavioral clues can often be identified retrospectively, which can be understood as indications of the subsequent act.
The core task of the Threat Assessment is therefore to influence this escalation process in such a way that targeted violence does not occur.
To achieve this, it is crucial
- to recognize dangerous developments at an early stage.
- assess signs as risk characteristics.
- defuse the situation and prevent targeted violence with suitable interventions (behavioral recommendations, coordination of interdisciplinary procedures, addressing threats).
The Threat Assessment Unit is an emergency response facility and is therefore part of violence prevention. If specific offenses such as threats, coercion or even bodily harm have already been committed, this no longer falls within its remit and criminal charges must be filed with the state police.
In emergencies, please contact the state police emergency and operations center directly (117).
Contact: or +423 236 71 11