The Victorian Fixated Threat Assessment Centre aimed at identifying and responding to ‘high-risk individuals’ has been deemed ‘illogical’.
Professor of Human Security at RMIT University, Joseph Siracusa said the new centre is unlikely to assist with the discovery of radicalists as there is little evidence that there is a set of criteria for identifying lone attackers or terrorists.
Australian National University Criminologist Clark Jones, also criticised the centre, suggesting the program should extend its services to preventing youth crimes in Victoria.