The Pathway to Violence identifies stages of escalation that may lead to acts of violence. Understanding these stages helps the NTCC community recognize early warning signs and intervene effectively:
- Ideation: Early stage where individuals begin thinking about violence, often due to grievances or feelings of powerlessness.
- Intervention: Counseling, conflict resolution, and notifying campus officials of concerns.
- Intervention: Counseling, conflict resolution, and notifying campus officials of concerns.
- Planning: Developing a strategy for carrying out harm, including identifying targets and methods.
- Intervention: Mental health support, monitoring, and alerting campus security if plans become specific or actionable.
- Intervention: Mental health support, monitoring, and alerting campus security if plans become specific or actionable.
- Preparation: Taking concrete steps, such as acquiring weapons or practicing harmful behaviors.
- Intervention: Immediate involvement of law enforcement or crisis teams, restriction of access to dangerous tools, and increased monitoring.
- Intervention: Immediate involvement of law enforcement or crisis teams, restriction of access to dangerous tools, and increased monitoring.
- Implementation: Executing the planned act of violence.
- Intervention: Emergency response by campus security and law enforcement, communication of lockdown procedures, and swift action to neutralize the threat.
- Intervention: Emergency response by campus security and law enforcement, communication of lockdown procedures, and swift action to neutralize the threat.
