Understanding Murder-Suicide: Considerations for Threat Assessment

It is estimated to be only approximately 1-3% of individuals who die by suicide have also committed an act of violence prior to their death.  What many professionals don't realize is the connection between suicidal thoughts and homicidal thoughts.  Thus, suicide prevention is also homicide prevention.  This training will explore the overlap in Thomas Joiner's work related to murder-suicide in connection with bodies of literature discussing threat assessment.  Joiner poses 4 categories of murder-suicide as mercy, justice, duty, and glory.  This training will explore several cases of mass violence and apply Joiner's categories to each.

Thursday, 13 February 2025

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm ET

Location: This webinar is hosted exclusively on the CDSE Adobe Connect online virtual platform.

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Classification: The webinar is UNCLASSIFIED. Classified and controlled unclassified information (CUI) will not be presented or discussed.

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