10 Characteristics Behind Potential Violent Attackers

Frank Costa, President Nexgen Protection Services – 

The Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol (TRAP-18) identifies 10 characteristics more closely tied to the potential attacker’s motives, and this methodology has been used across the United States and Europe to evaluate individuals of concern.

1. Personal Grievance and Moral Outrage
2. Framed by an Ideology
3. Failure to Affiliate with an Extremist or Other Group
4. Dependance on the Virtual Community
5. Thwarting of occupational Goals
6. Changes in Thinking
7. Failure of Sexually Intimate Pair Bonding
8. Mental Disorder
9. Creativity and Innovation
10. Criminal Violence

 

SOURCE: 

Meyer, C., What Are the 18 Behavioral Red Flags of Potential Violence?, Security Management, 11/13/2023.

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