The New Teams in the Business of Stopping School Shooters.

The article discusses the growing field of threat assessment and its potential to prevent school shootings. Threat assessment professionals work in schools, businesses, and police agencies to identify, evaluate, and manage threats through interventions such as monitoring, therapy, or arrest. Research shows that most mass shooters make threats or share their intentions beforehand, indicating that there are opportunities to intervene and prevent these attacks. However, the field faces obstacles such as limited resources, concerns about privacy and monitoring, and potential biases in the assessment process. The article emphasizes the importance of taking threats seriously and implementing effective threat assessment practices to prevent future tragedies. [Extracted from the article]