"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
— Isaac Asimov
A transparent, practitioner-informed research platform for developing and vetting an SPJ framework for AI-mediated violence, self-harm, and anti-technology grievance pathways.
The Problem
AI is already in the room.
Our assessment tools are not.
Documented cases now link AI companion relationships to self-harm escalation, violent grievance amplification, and delusional reinforcement. These are not hypotheticals — they are in front of practitioners today.
Existing behavioral threat assessment tools — HCR-20, WAVR-21, B-SAFER — were developed before generative AI existed. None of them account for AI-mediated attachment, AI-reinforced ideation, or the specific pathways by which a person's relationship with an AI system can accelerate harm.
Threat assessment professionals, clinical psychologists, and forensic practitioners are being asked to evaluate risk in cases where AI interaction is a central factor — with no validated framework to guide them.
AIR-SPJ is being built to fill that gap. Not quickly, not without rigor — but openly, with every decision documented, every evidence connection cited, and every practitioner observation on the record.
Audience
Who This Is Built For
BTAM Professionals
Behavioral threat assessment and management teams who need a structured way to evaluate AI interaction as a risk factor in active cases.
Clinical Practitioners
Psychologists, psychiatrists, and counselors seeing AI companion dynamics in clients presenting with self-harm risk or delusional ideation.
Academic Researchers
Researchers producing empirical work on AI-mediated harm who want their evidence linked to a structured, publicly documented framework.
Forensic & Legal
Forensic evaluators and legal professionals who need a citable, evidence-mapped framework when AI interaction is a factor in violent or self-harm incidents.
Core Authors
Who Is Building This
AIR-SPJ is led by three practitioners with backgrounds in behavioral threat assessment, AI safety, and crisis intervention.
Jameson Ritter
Threatwise Global LLC
Founder and principal consultant at Threatwise Global. Specialist in BTAM, workplace violence prevention, and crisis management. Framework architect and platform lead for AIR-SPJ.
Totti Karpela
Peace of Mind HK
Globally experienced law enforcement and threat management specialist with 35+ years across government, military, and corporate environments. Former National Police of Finland unit supervisor and SWAT hostage negotiator.
Steven Crimando
Behavioral Science Applications
Founder of Behavioral Science Applications. Expert in mass casualty behavioral response, trauma-informed crisis intervention, and practitioner training programs.
Why Get Involved
This Is Being Built Right Now
AI companions are already in the hands of at-risk individuals. The clinical and forensic communities are years behind. You do not need to wait for a finished tool to shape what gets built.
The Threat Is Current
AI systems are already influencing vulnerable individuals — in documented cases of self-harm escalation, grievance amplification, and delusional reinforcement. The framework being built here will be the first structured professional judgment tool designed specifically for this risk landscape.
Evidence Shapes the Framework
Every element in this framework must be evidence-mapped. If you have relevant research, clinical observations, or practitioner insight — your contribution directly determines what the final tool looks like. This is not a committee behind closed doors.
Open From Day One
Unlike most SPJ tools that appear fully formed after years of private development, AIR-SPJ is being built transparently. Every decision, every evidence connection, every revision is documented. You can follow the work — or join it.
You Do Not Have to Be an Author to Matter
Researchers can submit evidence. Practitioners can share anonymized observations. Clinicians can flag gaps. Every contribution — however small — goes into the evidence record that will underpin a real clinical and forensic tool.
The Gap
Why This Project?
Behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) tools have been developed and validated for decades to support structured professional judgment in high-stakes risk settings. But no existing SPJ framework addresses the emerging risk landscape created by widespread AI interaction — where AI companions, chatbots, and generative systems are now active participants in the lives of vulnerable individuals.
The AIR-SPJ Project brings together researchers, practitioners, and threat assessment professionals to build an evidence-mapped, transparent, peer-reviewed framework — openly documented from the ground up.
Architecture
What We're Building
Evidence-Mapped Framework
Every SPJ element is linked to a specific evidence base, with source tier ratings and direct citations — not just clinical consensus.
Contributor Review
Researchers and practitioners submit evidence, findings, and observations through a structured portal with multi-stage editorial review.
Defensible Record
Full audit trail, version history, and public-facing evidence library for transparent accountability and future validation efforts.
Live Interactive
Evidence Map
Every framework element, every approved research connection — visualized live. Hover to preview. Click any element to see the actual studies behind it. Watch the map grow in real-time as contributors submit and reviewers approve.
- ◉Node size reflects evidence volume
- ⤳Amber arcs show shared research sources
- ⬡Cluster rings reveal co-occurring risk factors
- ↗Click any node to read the evidence
Data Analysis
Evidence Insights
Automatically computed from every approved connection — what the evidence base is actually showing right now. Convergent findings, risk pathway splits, coverage gaps, and paper breadth, all updated in real time.
- ◎Convergent elements cited by multiple papers
- ◉Violence vs. self-harm risk pathway analysis
- ▬Evidence strength distribution
- ⬡Domain coverage gaps — open for contributions
Live Project Sitrep
Follow the Work
A living snapshot of the project — evidence counts, domain coverage, milestones reached, and recent additions. Updated automatically as research is reviewed and approved. Subscribe to get sitreps delivered when something worth reporting happens.
Navigate
Explore the Platform
What is AIR-SPJ?
Background, goals, and how it works
Element Map
Browse 12 domains and 87 elements
Evidence Map
Live interactive evidence visualization
Insights
Data-driven analysis of the current evidence base
Evidence Library
All approved peer-reviewed sources with element connections
Project Updates
Live sitrep — evidence growth, milestones, subscribe
Top Contributors
Contributor rankings by anonymous public alias
Contribute
Apply to join the research team
Important Disclaimer
The AIR-SPJ is a proposed structured professional judgment framework under development. It is not validated and should not be used as a stand-alone tool for assessing or managing violence, self-harm, or suicide risk.
This platform is NOT a scoring engine, diagnostic tool, or risk prediction system. It is a research and evidence-mapping tool to support the transparent development of an SPJ framework.