Exploring the Nexus of Artificial Intelligence &
Behavioral Threat Assessment & Management
image

A Global Hub for AI in BTAM

Explore resources and insights on AI integration in threat assessment and violence prevention.
  • Collaboration Opportunities
  • Training & Education
  • Resource Sharing
  • Professional Networking
  • AI Technology Integration
  • Enhancing Knowledge
  • Community Engagement
  • Access to Tools
image
Join the coversation and become part of the community of threat assessment and violence prevention professionals interested in the influence of AI on targeted violence risk and use of AI in the development of threat assessment and management tools and processes. Learn more about the AI in BTAM LinkedIn Group
image
Welcome to the AI in BTAM Community



The AI in BTAM Project

A collaborative environment for threat assessment professionals.
The AI in BTAM Project serves as a central hub for professionals and stakeholders in threat assessment and violence prevention. It provides valuable resources, encourages collaboration, and enhances understanding of AI technologies in BTAM efforts, ensuring users have access to comprehensive insights and effective tools for addressing critical issues.
The AIR-SPJ (AI Interaction Risk Structured Professional Judgment) is a practitioner-led starting framework designed as a supplement to established SPJ tools used in workplace, campus, and general violence risk contexts. The framework is not yet fully developed or validated; it is offered as an evidence-informed foundation open to community vetting, refinement, and collaborative piloting.Existing SPJ instruments provide strong foundations but do not operationalize AI-specific factors. We do not have time to wait for perfect data while technology outpaces our assessment frameworks. We offer here a modest starting point: the AIR-SPJ, a dedicated framework to identify, formulate, and manage AI-mediated risks within BTAM workflows. The framework is offered as a starting point for the field to vet, modify, and build upon together. ​ Technology’s impact on human behavior is relentless, and BTAM practice must keep pace without overstating what is known. The AIR-SPJ is offered as a modest, evidence-informed starting framework for the field to examine, challenge, refine, and test.
image
Learn More About AIR-SPJ
Explore the latest advancements in AI-mediated (AIM) violence risk and tools aiding threat assessment.
Upcoming Events
Jan. 11 &18 2027
AI in BTAM
This fast-paced program is co-lead by the AI in BTAM Project team in two 4-hour online sessions.
The program includes discussion of threat assessment and management of AI-mediated violence risks; the development and use of AI tools in threat assessment and AI governernace concerns that every threat assessment professional must be aware of.
Download the brochure.
image
Register for the Event
Recent Events
Miss the last event and want to catch up? Good news! The sesssions are recorded and available for viewing at your convenience.
image
Purchase the Recordings

AI in BTAM in the News

Check out these recent publications from the AI in BTAM Project team and collaborators in the field.
image
When AI Becomes Part of the Case: A Prevention Approach to Emerging Harm by Jameson Ritter. Homeland Security Today. October 20, 2026. 
"Behavioral threat assessment and management brings professionals together to understand concerning behavior and prevent harm. Teams examine grievances, relationships, stressors, access to means, and changes over time. AI adds another possible influence to that inquiry."
Rewriting the Cultural Script: How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping Targeted Violence White Paper by Steve Crimando. October 17, 2026. "As chat log evidence presented in court cases related to AI-mediated mass violence demonstrates how AI can propel an individual along the pathway to violence, a critical question emerges: Will future attackers emulate this methodology, cementing artificial intelligence into the modern cultural script of mass shootings?"
AI Chatbots & Violence: Investigative Report Series by Mark Follman of Mother Jones/Center for Investigative Reporting.
The Chilling Role of ChatGPT in Mass Shootings and Other Violence (Part 1). April 10, 2026 Examines how individuals involved in mass violence and planned attacks used ChatGPT to research weapons, tactics, and targets, raising questions about AI safety guardrails, user privacy, and tech company accountability. ChatGPT Gave Me Chilling Advice—as I Simulated Planning a Mass Shooting (Part 2). May 5, 2026 Follman documents his direct testing of ChatGPT’s voice mode, demonstrating how easily the model’s safeguards could be bypassed to provide tactical recommendations and training advice for a simulated attack. Inside a Mass Shooter’s Harrowing History With ChatGPT (Part 3). August 4, 2026 Analyzes the chat logs of the Florida State University shooter leading up to the April 2025 attack, highlighting persistent warning signs, expressions of suicidality, and inquiries about mass shootings that the chatbot failed to flag or halt effectively. ChatGPT Helped Tumbler Ridge Shooter Focus on Guns, Tactics, and Terror (Part 4). September 24, 2026 Reveals evidence from the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, showing how the perpetrator used ChatGPT accounts up to the day of the attack to refine tactics and plan the violence.

eBook

Avoiding Failures of Imagination in the Age of AI

As we learn more about the influence of AI on threat actors, it will be important for threat assessment and violence prevention professionals to be aware of and on alert for the possibility of AI serving as a threat enhancer accelerating progression along the pathway to violence. There is early evidence that AI can amplify violence risk and potentially accelerate progression along the pathway and it will be increasingly important for threat assessors and others concerned with violence prevention to appreciate these mechanisms.

31 pages | PDF | $16.99
Visit Specialized Training Services to learn more and purchase this eBook.
image

AI-Influence & Violence Risk Screening Guide

Traditional screening tools often overlook the nuanced ways AI can move a threat actor onto and along the pathway to violence, leaving security teams vulnerable to blind spots in workplace violence and targeted attack prevention.
The AI-Influence & Violence Risk Screening Questionnaire (AI-VR-SQ Version 1.6) directly bridges this operational gap by providing an objective, structured framework to evaluate these emerging vectors of risk. The AI-Influence & Violence Risk Screening Questionnaire is an auxiliary triage and investigative tool designed to help threat assessment and security professionals systematically and consistently evaluate how an individual’s interaction with generative artificial intelligence (e.g., advanced chatbots, virtual companions, custom personas, text/content generators) may disrupt, amplify, or accelerate progression along the pathway to targeted violence and/or self-harm.
image
Learn more about the AI-VR-SQ

About the Founders

Jameson Ritter, CTM, CPP, PSP, PCI, is the Director of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management at CPPS, where he leads work across program design, training, case consultation, governance, and workplace violence prevention. His career spans law enforcement, corporate security, consulting, and product development. He has supported public- and private-sector organizations of many sizes across government, higher education, healthcare, manufacturing, critical infrastructure, corporate environments, schools, and nonprofits--from growing teams to county-scale public systems, nationally recognized universities, and large multi-site enterprises. Jameson is the founder of Threatwise Global and built ADVISOR by Threatwise, an AI-supported decision tool for HR, safety, security, and threat-management professionals. It helps structure information, surface patterns, and develop response options while keeping qualified human judgment at the center to support (not replace) professional expertise. He is the lead developer of AIR-SPJ, an initiative exploring how AI systems intersect with human behavior, grievance, fixation, and violence risk--and how responsible research, safeguards, and prevention-focused design can reduce misuse and harm. Totti Karpela, CETAP, CTM, is a highly accomplished behavioral threat assessment expert with a unique intersection of experience in traditional law enforcement, conflict resolution, and emerging digital threats. He is a graduate of Finland’s Police University College and has had a distinguished 20-year career with the National Police of Finland, where he served as a unit supervisor and subject matter expert. Throughout his tenure, he was part of a multidisciplinary team specializing in managing threats against law enforcement and judicial officials. Totti holds numerous professional certifications related to violence risk assessment and offending behavior, particularly concerning high-risk and high-harm offenders. In addition, he taught at the National Police University, focusing on the management of aggressive behavior and conflict resolution skills. He also serves as a subject matter expert in numerous international NGO organizations. He is registered with the Association of European Threat Assessment Professionals (AETAP) and the Asia Pacific Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (APATAP). Totti has authored six books on personal security, conflict management, and behavioral threat assessment and management, and he has received several professional recognitions. Since 2023, he has studied and lectured on AI-mediated targeted violence. As a recognized subject matter expert, he is frequently invited to speak on the topic to diverse audiences around the world. Steve Crimando, MA, CTM, is an emergency behavioral health clinician, educator and crisis responder with four decades of field experience. He is a Certified Threat Manager (CTM) with the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and a Certified Master Instructor with U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) program. He serves as an advisor and instructor for the FBI Community Anti-Threats Officer (CATO) program and is a cleared partner to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). He also serves as a subject matter expert and instructor for the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IRR) State & Local Anti-Terrorism (SLATT) program. Steve is the chair of the ASIS International Extremism & Political Instability Community (EPIC) Steering Committee and a member of the Steering Committee for the ASIS Human Threat Management Community. A leading authority on emerging behavioral threats, he has helped establish foundational frameworks addressing AI-mediated targeted violence and the impact of climate-driven extreme heat on violence risk. A published author and recognized subject matter expert, he is frequently consulted by the media and the courts on matters of behavioral crisis prevention and response.
Contact the AI in BTAM Project Team
© Copyright 2026 . The AI in BTAM Project. All rights reserved. All registered trademarks herein are the property of their respective owners. 
This website is not a source of legal or clinical advice in handling active threat situations. If you or your organization is faced with an imminent threat, please contact your local law enforcement agency immediately. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call, text or chat with 988, the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or if you are experiencing emotional distress related to an act of violence, confidential support is available 24/7 from trained crisis counselors via call, text or chat through the National Disaster Distress Helpline at 800-985-5990.