White Supremacist Violence: Understanding the Resurgence and Stopping the Spread

White Supremacist Violence is a powerful resource for education and mental health professionals who are developing the tools and skills needed to slow the progress of the fast-growing hate movement in the United States.

Chapters immerse the reader in a hybrid of research, historical reviews, current events, social media and online content, case studies, and personal experiences. The first half of the text explores the ways in which individuals become increasingly indoctrinated through the exploitation of cognitive openings, perceptions of real or imagined marginalization, and exposure to political rhetoric and manipulation, as well as an examination of social media and commerce sites that create a climate ripe for recruitment. The second half of the book walks the reader through three case studies and offers treatment considerations to assist mental-health professionals and those developing education and prevention-based programming.

White Supremacist Violence gives readers useful perspectives and insights into the white supremacy movement while offering clinicians, threat-assessment professionals, and K-12 and university educators and administrators practical guidance on treatment and prevention efforts.

Brian Van Brunt is assistant deputy director of training at Secure Community Network as well as an author and consultant in threat assessment and mental illness.

Lisa Pescara-Kovach, PhD, is the director for the Center for Education in Mass Violence and Suicide and a professor of educational psychology specializing in prevention through postvention related to mass violence, domestic terrorism, and suicide.

Bethany Van Brunt owns Looking Glass Consulting and Design and is the CEO of InterACTT, a subscription service supporting counseling, disability services, student conduct, law enforcement, CARE/threat teams, and DEI.