TRAP-18
Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol-18 ™
The TRAP-18 provides a means by which mental health, intelligence, law enforcement, and security professionals can organize accumulating operational data on a person of concern, and plan for their risk management to reduce the threat of targeted violence. The instrument is designed to code for eight proximal warning behaviors and 10 longer term distal characteristics.
Getting Started with the TRAP-18
- Complete the TRAP-18 On Demand Advanced Training (GFR314):
- A Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) Account is required to purchase and complete On Demand Training.
- New to GIFR? Create your GIFR account here .
- Already have a GIFR account? Log in to proceed to purchase .
- Purchase the TRAP-18 On Demand Advanced Training .
- Complete the training module through your GIFR Account.
- Purchase your TRAP-18 Annual License (GFR793):
- Contact your MHS Sales Representative or email the MHS Customer Service team and reference the Product listed above to obtain your annual license.
- Access your GEARS Account (online platform) and start using the TRAP-18:
- Once your annual license purchase is complete, a GEARS account will be created on your behalf with your online TRAP-18 annual access equipped.
- Please note, this process takes between 1-2 business days to complete.
- Please note, this process takes between 1-2 business days to complete.
- Once your GEARS Account is created you will receive a welcome email from [email protected] .
- Be sure to check your spam folder after the 1-2 business days have passed if you did not receive this email.
- Be sure to check your spam folder after the 1-2 business days have passed if you did not receive this email.
If you have additional questions regarding getting started with the TRAP-18 or if you would like to request Group pricing for Training or Annual Licenses (Group = 10 or more individuals participating), contact the MHS Customer Service Team .
Age
- 18+
Number of Items
- 18
Administration Type
- Structured professional judgement
Translations
- English
- French
- Swedish
- German
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Spanish
- Arabic
Qualification Level
- B
Format(s)
- Administer and complete online
The TRAP-18 should be considered one tool among several available tools for the assessment of cases of concern for acts of terrorism. It is designed for the assessment of subjects who may be at risk for lone actor terrorism, regardless of ideology or beliefs.
The 18 indicators are coded as either present or absent if there is sufficient evidence to make this determination. The 8 warning behaviors are coded first since they are considered to be more temporally proximal indicators of risk: they are more closely related in time to the act for which there is concern. If no warning behaviors are present, the distal characteristics are coded next, since they are considered to be more distantly related to the act for which there is concern.
The TRAP-18 is not an actuarial measure of violence risk. There are no norms, and it should not be “scored.” In other words, the number of indicators should not be counted to determine a level of risk. The TRAP-18 helps organize data pertinent to a threat assessment of a person of concern who may become a lone actor terrorist. Summary judgment of risk, and subsequent risk management, is the sole domain of the threat assessor, and neither the TRAP-18 nor its developer or publisher are responsible for this final judgment.
Research around the TRAP-18 is ongoing in both North America and Europe, and findings are demonstrating both reliability and validity.
In order to use this tool you must first complete the TRAP-18 On Demand Advanced Training (GFR314), and then purchase the TRAP-18 Annual License (GFR793).
- A Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) Account is required to purchase and complete On Demand Training.
- New to GIFR? Create your GIFR account here.
- Already have a GIFR account? Log in to proceed to purchase.
- A Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) Account is required to purchase and complete On Demand Training.
- Purchase the TRAP-18 On Demand Advanced Training.
- Complete the training module through your GIFR Account.
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Email Address
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Call Toll-FreeCDN1.800.268.6011US1.800.456.3003
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International Phone+1.416.492.2627
To purchase your TRAP-18 Annual License (GFR793), contact your MHS Sales Representative or email MHS' Customer Service team.
If you have additional questions regarding getting started with the TRAP-18 or if you would like to request Group pricing for Training or Annual Licenses (Group = 10 or more individuals participating), contact MHS' Customer Service team.