{"title":"污染案例中的代理人选择与威胁实现:从肇事者行为预测行动","authors":"Sarah C. Kilbane","doi":"10.1037/tam0000103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Although existing research on the topic is sparse, previous works have shown that there is believed to be a substantial threat of intentional, malicious contamination of the supply chain by criminals and terrorists (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 2001; World Health Organization, 2008). Genuine contamination incidents have the potential to result in mass casualties, although empty threats are often enough to generate public fear and lead to considerable economic damage. Although empty threats often appear indistinguishable from those which will result in contamination, it is thought that certain variables identified in perpetrator communications may be able to help separate empty threats from those that will be actualized. This research thus attempts to determine whether a perpetrator’s reported choice of agent could offer functional predictions for the likelihood of actual contamination in future incidents. Findings indicate that chemical agents alone are more likely to be associated with genuine contamination, whereas the claimed use of biological agents alone as well as chemical, biological, and radionuclear agents combined are more often associated with empty threats. The utility of these findings will be discussed, as well as suggestions for future research.","PeriodicalId":217565,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Threat Assessment and Management","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Agent Selection and Threat Actualization in Contamination Cases: Predicting Action From Perpetrator Behavior\",\"authors\":\"Sarah C. Kilbane\",\"doi\":\"10.1037/tam0000103\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Although existing research on the topic is sparse, previous works have shown that there is believed to be a substantial threat of intentional, malicious contamination of the supply chain by criminals and terrorists (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 2001; World Health Organization, 2008). Genuine contamination incidents have the potential to result in mass casualties, although empty threats are often enough to generate public fear and lead to considerable economic damage. Although empty threats often appear indistinguishable from those which will result in contamination, it is thought that certain variables identified in perpetrator communications may be able to help separate empty threats from those that will be actualized. This research thus attempts to determine whether a perpetrator’s reported choice of agent could offer functional predictions for the likelihood of actual contamination in future incidents. Findings indicate that chemical agents alone are more likely to be associated with genuine contamination, whereas the claimed use of biological agents alone as well as chemical, biological, and radionuclear agents combined are more often associated with empty threats. The utility of these findings will be discussed, as well as suggestions for future research.\",\"PeriodicalId\":217565,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Journal of Threat Assessment and Management\",\"volume\":\"55 1\",\"pages\":\"0\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2018-09-01\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"2\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Journal of Threat Assessment and Management\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.1037/tam0000103\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"\",\"JCRName\":\"\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Threat Assessment and Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1037/tam0000103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
Agent Selection and Threat Actualization in Contamination Cases: Predicting Action From Perpetrator Behavior
Although existing research on the topic is sparse, previous works have shown that there is believed to be a substantial threat of intentional, malicious contamination of the supply chain by criminals and terrorists (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 2001; World Health Organization, 2008). Genuine contamination incidents have the potential to result in mass casualties, although empty threats are often enough to generate public fear and lead to considerable economic damage. Although empty threats often appear indistinguishable from those which will result in contamination, it is thought that certain variables identified in perpetrator communications may be able to help separate empty threats from those that will be actualized. This research thus attempts to determine whether a perpetrator’s reported choice of agent could offer functional predictions for the likelihood of actual contamination in future incidents. Findings indicate that chemical agents alone are more likely to be associated with genuine contamination, whereas the claimed use of biological agents alone as well as chemical, biological, and radionuclear agents combined are more often associated with empty threats. The utility of these findings will be discussed, as well as suggestions for future research.