The essential characteristic of a credible threat is that
A) there must be a very serious penalty.
B) the threatener may or may not carry out the threat.
C) the threatener and the threatenee must know each other well.
D) it is in the threatener's interest to act on the threat.
E) it is legally enforceable.

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A credible threat is one where it is in the threatener's interest to carry out the threat, making it believable to the threatenee.

The Essential Characteristic of a Credible Threat Is That