Personal Threat Management: The practitioner's guide to keeping clients safer
Rarely a day goes by when the media fail to report a story of a death threat being directed at a public or prominent figure.
Anticipating problems and addressing them before they become major issues.
The challenge is identifying which threats are real and which are designed to create fear, be abusive and intimidate.
There is a difference between those who abuse, threaten and intimate, and those who pose a real threat. The vast majority will be what we call ‘Howlers’.
They are the trolls who abuse people and often will occupy much of the client’s time and energy. But the truth is they rarely pose a real threat. This book seeks to demystify the subject, clarify some terminology, and explain how and why someone might pose a threat. I want you to be better informed to make better decisions about your own and your client’s safety.
This book is intended as a practitioner’s guide. While it isn’t an academic book, I have referenced several academic studies should you wish to delve deeper and read the research material.
Testimonials:
Online death threats are depressingly common. But how do you separate them into those issued by sheer fantasists, and those coming from someone with genuinely deadly intent? In Personal Threat Management: The Practitioner’s Guide to Keeping Clients Safer, Philip Grindell explains how to spot the difference – and what to do when you realize someone really does pose a threat. Timely and valuable to
anyone in the public eye.
Richard Madeley, writer and broadcaster
This book will be a valuable resource for individuals beginning in Behaviour Threat Assessment (BTA) or those who have been practising for years. Based on his years of experience in successfully assessing and managing numerous cases, Philip has put together best practice examples in an informative and understandable manner. I would recommend this book to Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Security Professionals, Attorneys, Human Resource Professionals, and anyone who is currently working on a BTA team or those putting a team together.
William J. Zimmerman, Detective U.S. Capitol Police – Threat Assessment Section (Retired)
Abuse, intimidation and threats are sad facts of life in the modern world. How should you respond to them? Should you be worried about escalation to physical harm? How should you protect your clients
and their families or co-workers? Philip Grindell discusses how the process of behavioural threat assessment can help to answer these and related questions. Th e perspective he offers is highly practical, based on decades of fi eld experience. If you want to prevent people from becoming victims of violence, put this book on your reading list.
Dr Stephen D. Hart, PhD, Director and Threat Assessment Specialist, President, Canadian
Association of Threat Assessment Professionals
For those advising individuals and organizations on threat risks, it’s essential to understand who and what one is dealing with. Grindell’s decades of real-world experience mean his voice is ignored at your and (more importantly) your client’s peril.
Julian Pike, Lawyer and Head of Reputation Management and Sport at Farrer & Co
