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VIOLENCE THREAT ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
BENEFITS
Canadian employers have a duty to protect workers from violence in the workplace. Part of that duty includes assessing the risk for violence posed by an individual. In some cases, this duty is triggered by a verbal or written threat madein the workplace; at other times, it’s predicated by unusual or strange behaviour and/orcomments made to co-workers.
HOW TO USE THE TOOL
In order to assess the risk of workplace violence by an employee, the FBI suggests that the following questions should be asked to co-workers, supervisors and others familiar with the individual’s behaviour, both prior to and after any alleged threator action.
OTHER RESOURCES:
FBI’s Workplace Violence: Issues in Response
Threat Assessment Team Report Form
How to establish an effective threat assessment team
VIOLENCE THREAT ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
Why has the individual threatened or made comments that have been perceived byothers as threatening, or has taken this action at this particular time? What’s happeningin his own life that has prompted this?What has been said to others, such as friends, colleagues, co-workers, etc., regarding what’s troubling him?
How does the individual view himself in relation to everyone else?
Does he feel he has been wronged in some way?
Does he accept responsibility for his own actions?
How does the individual cope with disappointment, loss or failure?
Does he blame others for his failures?
How does the individual interact with co-workers?
Does he feel he’s being treated fairly by the company?
Does he have problems with supervisors or management?
Is he concerned with job practices and responsibilities?
Has he received unfavorable performance reviews or been reprimanded by management?
Is he experiencing personal problems such as divorce, a death in the family, health problems, or other personal losses or issues?
Is he experiencing financial problems, high personal debt or bankruptcy?
Is there evidence of substance abuse or mental illness/depression?
Has the he shown an interest in violence through movies, games, books or magazines?
Is he preoccupied with violent themes; interested in publicized violent events; or fascinated with and/or recently acquired weapons?
Has the individual identified a specific target and communicated with others his thoughts or plans for violence?
Is he obsessed with others or engaged in any stalking or surveillance activity?
Has the individual spoken of homicide or suicide?
Does he have a past criminal history or history of past violent behaviour?
Does the individual have a plan for what he would do?
Does the plan make sense?Is it reasonable?Is it specific?
Does the individual have the means, knowledge and wherewithal to carry out his plan?
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