ABSTRACT
Attack-related behaviors are best conceptualized as steps hunters must take to carry out acts of premeditated violence. We call this concept the path to intended violence. To review, essentially, the stepping stones consist of the following:
1. Grievance, which is the motive or reason compelling the hunter to act. 2. Ideation, which requires actually settling upon the idea that violence is justified
and necessary. 3. Research and planning, which means going beyond the idea to actually figuring
out how to consummate the violence. 4. Preparation, which involves obtaining the necessary equipment, such as weapon of
choice, and taking any other actions required to initiate the plan. 5. Breach, which entails initiating the plan by circumventing the target’s security
(however primitive or sophisticated that may be) to launch the attack. 6. Attack, which is the actual physical assault.
