Gavin de Becker

Gavin de Becker (born October 26, 1954) is a best-selling author and specialist in security issues, primarily for governments, large corporations, and public figures. He is founder and chairman of Gavin de Becker & Associates.

He is the designer of the MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems, which is used to screen threats to Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, members of United States Congress, and senior officials of the Central Intelligence Agency. Along with the United States Marshals Service, he co-designed the MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems, which is currently used for assessing all threats to federal judges and prosecutors. Los Angeles County Law enforcement agencies adopted MOSAIC in 1997 to help police manage and reduce spousal abuse cases that might escalate to homicide.

He was twice appointed to the President's Advisory Board at the United States Department of Justice, and he served two terms on the Governor's Advisory Board at the California Department of Mental Health.

De Becker has shared his philosophies about prevention of violence in several appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show, 60 Minutes, Larry King Live, 20/20 (U.S. TV series), and the Waking Up podcast with Sam Harris. He has also been profiled in Time Magazine and Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and others. De Becker's first book, The Gift of Fear, was a US #1 bestseller on the New York Times Bestseller List.

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