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Mark Follman

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The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

And there are a lot of cases that have elements like that too. So communications of that nature in and of themselves say nothing predictive because lots of people might draw scary pictures or say dumb things, especially kids, or say threatening things that doesn't mean they're going to commit an attack.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

And there are a lot of cases that have elements like that too. So communications of that nature in and of themselves say nothing predictive because lots of people might draw scary pictures or say dumb things, especially kids, or say threatening things that doesn't mean they're going to commit an attack.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

It's, again, this fundamental principle of this work to evaluate danger is looking at a set of things going on together. So communications are one. A person in crisis who is deteriorating in ways personally, physically looking more unkempt or sudden changes in behavior that might cause someone to feel concern.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

It's, again, this fundamental principle of this work to evaluate danger is looking at a set of things going on together. So communications are one. A person in crisis who is deteriorating in ways personally, physically looking more unkempt or sudden changes in behavior that might cause someone to feel concern.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

It's, again, this fundamental principle of this work to evaluate danger is looking at a set of things going on together. So communications are one. A person in crisis who is deteriorating in ways personally, physically looking more unkempt or sudden changes in behavior that might cause someone to feel concern.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

For ordinary people to notice the warning signs, often it's in a lot of the cases that I studied, you hear about people close to a perpetrator who, family member or a peer or a teacher, they're just feeling worried. They're feeling anxiety, like something's not right here.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

For ordinary people to notice the warning signs, often it's in a lot of the cases that I studied, you hear about people close to a perpetrator who, family member or a peer or a teacher, they're just feeling worried. They're feeling anxiety, like something's not right here.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

For ordinary people to notice the warning signs, often it's in a lot of the cases that I studied, you hear about people close to a perpetrator who, family member or a peer or a teacher, they're just feeling worried. They're feeling anxiety, like something's not right here.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

The hair's standing up on the back of my neck a little bit about something that Johnny said yesterday or something that he did, but they don't really understand what it is. That's part of what this process is trying to solve too, that the threat assessment professionals can evaluate the things that are causing those feelings along with a whole bunch of other information gatherings.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

The hair's standing up on the back of my neck a little bit about something that Johnny said yesterday or something that he did, but they don't really understand what it is. That's part of what this process is trying to solve too, that the threat assessment professionals can evaluate the things that are causing those feelings along with a whole bunch of other information gatherings.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

The hair's standing up on the back of my neck a little bit about something that Johnny said yesterday or something that he did, but they don't really understand what it is. That's part of what this process is trying to solve too, that the threat assessment professionals can evaluate the things that are causing those feelings along with a whole bunch of other information gatherings.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

To the question of how can the general public or just a regular person who knows nothing about this help or participate in figuring out who's going to do this, the basic point of departure is if you're worried about someone, trust that feeling and reach out for help. There are other things then, of course, that practitioners will look at.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

To the question of how can the general public or just a regular person who knows nothing about this help or participate in figuring out who's going to do this, the basic point of departure is if you're worried about someone, trust that feeling and reach out for help. There are other things then, of course, that practitioners will look at.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

To the question of how can the general public or just a regular person who knows nothing about this help or participate in figuring out who's going to do this, the basic point of departure is if you're worried about someone, trust that feeling and reach out for help. There are other things then, of course, that practitioners will look at.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

One is a strong interest in violence and guns and graphic imagery. Someone's fixating on that. That's, in a lot of these cases, part of the behavioral process that they see happening.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

One is a strong interest in violence and guns and graphic imagery. Someone's fixating on that. That's, in a lot of these cases, part of the behavioral process that they see happening.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

One is a strong interest in violence and guns and graphic imagery. Someone's fixating on that. That's, in a lot of these cases, part of the behavioral process that they see happening.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

The example you used there, like a picture of a principal with the head cut off, I mean, that's a little bit shocking. But the question you would ask from a theoreticism perspective in a situation like that, is this kid in other ways causing concern or is it just juvenile behavior that's going on?

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

The example you used there, like a picture of a principal with the head cut off, I mean, that's a little bit shocking. But the question you would ask from a theoreticism perspective in a situation like that, is this kid in other ways causing concern or is it just juvenile behavior that's going on?

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

The example you used there, like a picture of a principal with the head cut off, I mean, that's a little bit shocking. But the question you would ask from a theoreticism perspective in a situation like that, is this kid in other ways causing concern or is it just juvenile behavior that's going on?