Dr. Cawood has worked in the area of threat and violence risk assessment and management, behavioral analysis, violence prevention, security analysis, and incident resolution for more than 30 years.  He has successfully assessed and managed over 5000 violence related cases for federal and state government agencies, universities and colleges, public and private corporations, and other business entities throughout North America.  Dr. Cawood has also provided consultation and training to these same types of organizations on the design and implementation of threat assessment, violence risk assessment, and incident response protocols.  This included participation in the development of the P.O.S.T. (Peace Officers Standards and Training) telecourse for Workplace Violence for California and Arizona law enforcement, California P.O.S.T. development of a Fear and Anger Control telecourse, Association of Threat Assessment Professional’s Risk Assessment Guideline Elements for Violence (R.A.G.E.-V), ASIS International's Workplace Violence Prevention and Response guideline, the ASIS/SHRM Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Standard (ANSI), the ASIS Workplace Violence and Active Assailant-Prevention, Intervention, and Response Standard (ANSI), and participation in the development of a threat assessment protocol by the California District Attorney's Association for use in training judges, District Attorneys, and others in the California justice system.  He also has served as an expert witness in dozens of cases involving questions concerning investigative and security issues, including threat and violence risk assessment and management in the workplace.

Dr. Cawood is currently serving on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Threat Assessment and Management (American Psychological Association), as the Vice-Chairman of the Certification Committee which is responsible for the ATAP Certified Threat Manager program, and he is also serving on the Professional Certification Board (PCB) of ASIS International, for a term of 2020 to 2022.  He is the former Association President of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and has also served as Association 2nd Vice President and the President of the Northern California Chapter; on the ASIS International Foundation Board and was Secretary of the Board; as the Chairman of the Board of the California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI) and has served as Chairman of their Legislative Committee; and as a Board member for the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI).

Dr. Cawood is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, holds a Masters degree in Forensic Psychology from Argosy University, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Northcentral University.  He has served on the faculties of Golden Gate University, in their Security Management degree program and the University of California, Santa Cruz extension, teaching Threat Management.  He is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Professional Certified Investigator (PCI), Physical Security Professional (PSP), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Security Professional (CSP), Certified Professional Investigator (CPI), Certified International Investigator (CII), and Certified Threat Manager (CTM).