Bouncing Back: Stress and Resilience in Al-Qaeda Terrorists
Focusing on hostile actors, Dr Emma Grace presents findings of her research on stress and resilience in al-Qaeda terrorists. The revival of al-Qaeda as…
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From the Lab to Operational Response: Examining the Impact of Stress On Memory for High Pressure Incidents
Lorraine Hope examines the impact of stress on memory for high-pressure incidents. Understanding what happened during major critical incidents, from terrorist attacks to riots,…
Challenge or Threat: Understanding How People Cope in Demanding Environments
Professor Marc Jones discusses the psychophysiological basis of stress, coping, and optimal function based on his research with high performing sport and military personnel….
Conflict Management in Extreme Environments
Based on their research and their own deployment experiences, Jesper Corneliussen and Anders Kjaergaard discuss conflict resolution, and identify practical strategies for effectively managing…
Stress and Resilience in Security Contexts
Guest editors Professor Emma Barrett and Dr Nathan Smith provide an overview of the articles focusing on our special topic of stress and resilience….
Affect and emotion in extremist discourse
Affect and emotion seem to be key driving forces in extremist discourse and terror activities. In her PhD research, Kristine Endsjø is looking at…
Is nonverbal mimicry an important tool in eliciting information?
CREST doctoral researcher Abbie Maroño is investigating the effects of interpersonal closeness on nonverbal mimicry during face-to-face interactions. Human beings are distinctively social creatures,…
Increasing Self-Disclosure in Interviews
CREST doctoral researcher Christina Winters explains how interview context and interpersonal tactics can produce more information about job candidates in sensitive roles. Pre-employment vetting…
Analysing Lone-Actor Terrorism in Context
Assessing and managing the risk of lone-actor terrorism is a challenge, as events around the world continue to show. In this article, Noémie Bouhana…
A-Z Of Data
Duncan Hodges has created this handy A-Z guide on Data, so you can know your Artificial neural networks from your Zipf’s Law. Artificial…
Explaining Non- Or Limited Escalation Of Violence: The role of ‘Internal Brakes’
Why do some ‘extremists’ or ‘extremist groups’ choose not to engage in violence, or only in particular forms of low-level violence? Why, even in…
Countering Violent Extremism: A Guide to Good Practice
Since the early 2000s, more than fifty countries have developed initiatives to counter violent extremism (CVE). Despite this, there still remains a lack of…