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This article includes recognition of the increasing use of SPJs in assessing workplace violence risk, and the WAVR-21 as a guide for practitioners in organizational contexts. From the introduction: “In the 1980s, a series of shootings by disgruntled US postal workers and other employees focused media attention on acts of violence in the workplace. Over the past 3 decades, researchers have shed light onto the types of violence that occur in the workplace, the characteristics of individuals who engage in workplace violence, and the contextual factors that may escalate or mitigate the risk of violence. These advances and the accumulated experience of threat assessment practitioners have contributed to the development of industry practices designed to 6 Compiled October, 2024 prevent workplace violence. Especially among large employers, multidisciplinary threat assessment and management teams receive, triage, investigate, and respond to scenarios of concern.”