Reducing the Risk of Targeted Gun Violence

James F. Kenny, PhD, is Professor of Criminal Justice at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he received the Distinguished Faculty and Outstanding Teaching Awards and served as the Criminal Justice Graduate and Internship Coordinator. Dr. Kenny was selected to the U.S. Justice Department’s National Victim Center Work Group on Workplace Violence and the New Jersey Superior Court Juvenile Conference Committee, United Educators Panel on Threat Assessment Teams. He was also previously the violence prevention trainer at the Center for Peace Studies, U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Postal Service, New Jersey Department of Education, and Virginia Tech. His research and publications have appeared in journals, book chapters, and trade magazines. Dr. Kenny is the author of Hiding in Plain Sight: Deceptive Tactics and the Criminal Victimization Process (2020).

• Introduction: Moving Beyond DisarmamentChapter 1: Gun Violence: An Epidemic in Need of TreatmentChapter 2: The Right to Bear Arms v. The Right to Control ThemChapter 3: Moving Forward: Learning to Coexist with Guns, but not Dangerous Users Chapter 4: Defining the Rules of Engagement: Choosing a Proactive ApproachChapter 5: Intervening Early in the Journey to Gun ViolenceChapter 6: Organizations at Risk: Patterns of Targeted ViolenceChapter 7: Recognizing the Hunters before They Find Their TargetsChapter 8: Understanding Danger: Separating the Wolves from the SheepChapter 9: Establishing MVP Teams: Proactive and Coordinated Decision MakingChapter 10: Crisis Intervention: De-escalating the Potential for Targeted Gun ViolenceChapter 11: Setting up Roadblocks: Reducing the Risk of Being Targeted for AttacksChapter 12: Promoting Third Party Intervention: Empowering Members to Safely & Effectively Help Targets of ViolenceAbout the AuthorNotesBibliographyIndex