Helen Thackray
Senior Research Associate, University of Portsmouth Helen holds a PhD from Bournemouth University, where she was based in the Departments of Psychology and Computing….
Heather Shaw
Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University Heather holds a BSc in Psychology and is studying how digital traces of behaviour can infer individual differences about…
CREST publications
CREST-funded journal articles, book chapters and books have now been added to the website. CREST has long maintained access to all of our reports,…
Psychological and Behavioral Examinations of Online Terrorism
It has long been recognised that terrorists make use of the internet as one of many means through which to further their cause. This…
Broader, Vaguer, Weaker: The Evolving Ideology of the Caucasus Emirate Leadership
In October 2007, veteran Chechen field commander Dokka Umarov proclaimed the formation of the Caucasus Emirate (IK), formalising the victory of the North Caucasus…
Same Kind of Different: Affordances, Terrorism, and the Internet
The rapid development of the Internet as a cornerstone of private and social life has provoked a growing effort by law enforcement and security…
‘It’s not paranoia when they are really out to get you’: the role of conspiracy theories in the context of heightened security
Conspiracy theories have been seen as important supporting components in extreme political beliefs. This paper considers conspiracy theories in the counter jihad movement, an…
The Rise and Fall of the English Defence League: Self-Governance, Marginal Members and the Far Right
What determines the success or failure of far-right organisations? This article uses new qualitative data to explain the sudden rise and subsequent decline of…
Between Caucasus and Caliphate: The Splintering of the North Caucasus Insurgency
In December 2014, several high-ranking field commanders from the Caucasus Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz, IK), an insurgent and designated terrorist group in Russia’s North Caucasus,…
Can Programming Frameworks Bring Smartphones into the Mainstream of Psychological Science?
Smartphones continue to provide huge potential for psychological science and the advent of novel research frameworks brings new opportunities for researchers who have previously…
Cross-Cultural Verbal Deception
Background ‘Interviewing to detect deception’ research is sparse across different Ethnic Groups. In the present experiment, we interviewed truth tellers and liars from British,…
Lessons from the Extreme: What Business Negotiators Can Learn from Hostage Negotiations
Editors’ Note: The high-stakes world of the hostage negotiator draws instinctive respect from other negotiators. But if you operate in another domain, you could…