Behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) is an evidence-based and systematic process to identify, inquire, assess, and manage potential threats. Through federal grant funding and technical assistance, the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) has supported the development of dozens of behavioral threat assessment and management teams across the United States and helps implement BTAM training nationwide in partnership with DHS I&A, DHS FLETC, USSS NTAC, and FBI BAU.
Law enforcement, schools, workplaces, and communities are increasingly using BTAM models. By integrating these practices, states, localities, and organizations can create a more proactive and cohesive response to potential threats, ultimately fostering safer environments nationwide.
Explore CP3’s Prevention Resources on BTAM
CP3 has developed prevention resources on BTAM to educate and support efforts in terrorism and targeted violence prevention. These guides provide research-informed practices, practical insights, and essential education on the establishment and operation of BTAM teams, emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach, inclusive of, but not limited to, law enforcement, public safety officials, and behavioral and mental health clinicians. BTAM teams use best practices from many disciplines, such as the public health-informed approach to violence prevention.
Behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) is a systematic, evidence-based
process that helps communities identify and address potential threats of violence, as well as
connect individuals in need of assistance to services and resources.
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“Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in Practice” provides education on BTAM and its benefits in terrorism and targeted violence prevention. It details how multidisciplinary teams — including professionals from law enforcement, faith communities, mental health fields, state and local governments, and other community institutions — can use a BTAM process to provide alternatives to criminal justice interventions for individuals who may be moving toward violence.
This prevention resource outlines:
- Actionable tools to prevent violence;
- Collaboration across multiple disciplines; and
- Long-term prevention efforts guided by a systematic approach.
Access the Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in Practice: CP3 Prevention Resource
Based on this work and engagement with law enforcement, public safety experts, researchers, and practitioners, this prevention resource outlines how behavioral threat assessment and case management models can benefit by adopting a multidisciplinary approach to terrorism and targeted violence prevention. It summarizes emerging practices in case management techniques to build practitioner capacity at all levels of violence prevention.
This prevention resource provides:
- Steps to form and operate BTAM teams effectively;
- Benefits of a public health perspective in violence prevention; and
- Real-world examples and best practices of effective BTAM teams.
The above resources are available in the following languages:
- Arabic
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Farsi
- French
- Haitian
- Hindi
- Korean
- Pashto
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
- Tagalog
- Traditional Chinese
- Vietnamese