Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Programs: Practitioner-Informed Baseline Capabilities

The National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) conducted a work analysis to understand the core program-level elements of behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) implementation in support of BTAM research and capacity-enhancing efforts by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) Program Office.

This report outlines fifteen practitioner-informed baseline capabilities for BTAM programs based on analysis of semi-structured interviews, a subject matter expert meeting, and a virtual feedback webinar with BTAM experts from a variety of operating contexts, including education, workplace, healthcare, and law enforcement settings in urban and rural communities.