Reducing the Risk of Targeted Gun Violence - Proactive Organization Policies and Practices to Address Emerging Threats

This book is designed to help train organizations and future professionals to proactively reduce the risk of targeted gun violence in private settings and at public events.

About the author

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).

Product details

• Authors: James F Kenny, Kenny James
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.02.2026
• EAN: 9798216367666
• ISBN: 979-8-216-36766-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Illustrations: 10 bw illus; 48 bw tables and charts
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Business and Management, Industrial relations, health & safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Training, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Conflict Resolution & Mediation, Business & management, Violence in society, Public safety issues, Violence and abuse in society, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace