Fear Management
Presented by Kelly A. Watt, Ph.D. in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services.
1 Hour | 1 CE
This on-demand professional training program on Fear Management is presented by Kelly A. Watt, PhD. in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services.
Managing the fear experienced by potential victims and targets of violence is an essential and often overlooked task when conducting violence risk assessment and management. Fear experienced by potential victims may be problematic in two ways: It may be viewed as “too low” or “too high” by the professional or team conducting the violence risk assessment. The hope is that the level of fear will be “just right” and consistent with the scenarios of future violence that a professional or team think are plausible, practical, and consensual.
This program discusses the possible implications of victim fear that is viewed as “too low” or “too high,” both of which could lead to increased risk and decreased safety. For instance, some research suggests that up to 50% of women their current or former intimate partner killed were not fearful of lethal violence. In addition, this program reviews factors that may contribute to perceptions of fear and possible strategies to manage fear at both an individual and institutional level.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
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Describe the implications of victim fear when conducting violence risk
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Describe factors that may contribute to perceptions of fear
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Describe strategies that can be used to manage fear
Presented By
Kelly A. Watt, PhD
Dr. Kelly A. Watt works as a Threat Assessment Specialist at Protect International and is a member of the Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Dr. Watt is the editor of the Intelligence newsletter which is disseminated on behalf of threat assessment professional associations in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific, and that provides recent advances in research, practice, and the law related to threat assessment around the globe.
Protect International Risk and Safety Services
We are proud to partner with Protect International Risk and Safety Services for this training. Protect International's threat assessment professionals are internationally recognized experts that have developed some of the world's most widely used and best-validated threat assessment tools. Protect International provides services and products related to violence risk assessment and management, also known as threat assessment and management. Protect International services and products include threat assessment training and support, case assessment and management, legal consultation, policy review and development, and program evaluation and research; along with threat assessment manuals, worksheets, licenses, and software applications for those tools.
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