Mass Homicide

Introduction The homicides of four University of Idaho students in Moscow, Idaho, shook the public not only because of their brutality, but because they reignited a recurring, and often misunderstood, question after targeted violence: Could this have been prevented? That question tends to trigger a search for certainty, who “should have known,” what warning sign “proved” intent, and why no one “predicted” the outcome. Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) offer