Scholars and policymakers recommend that colleges and universities with publicly accessible threat assessment team (TAT) policies enhance campus safety. While many universities have TAT policies in place, external assessors usually have not thoroughly evaluated the actual content of those policies. A gap exists in the applied research literature focusing on how policy document analysis can be used to assess institutional threat assessment policies. The purpose of this archival case study research with a document analysis design is to describe how document analysis can be used to assess the efficacy of institutional policies managing threat assessment teams on U.S. college campuses. I met this goal by demonstrating the document analysis method in assessing publicly accessible threat assessment team policies in 10 colleges and universities in one local district in a southern U.S. state. The theoretical framework of this study was grounded in Fiedler's (1964) Contingency Theory, which implies that policy design and implementation depend on organizational leadership. My research confirmed that the document analysis method can successfully identify gaps and weaknesses in TAT policies in HEIs, including the need for updated policies. The research findings confirmed a lack of standardized practices across U.S. college campuses in my specific sample, results that may be transferable to other similar settings. This study is significant to professional practice and policy value in the use of document analysis to assess threat assessment team policies to prevent violent behaviors, including gun violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, sexual violence, and, occasionally, group-based violence. This study's results may drive positive social change by providing threat assessment teams with processes to develop publicly accessible, well-defined policies to ensure campus threats can be identified and successfully managed by threat assessment teams. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]