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….
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Quick reads exploring the world of social and behavioural science and security threats
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…
Cognitive Load at Interview: The Interviewer’s Perspective
Psychological research has, for many years, provided practitioners with guidance on best practice for interviewing witnesses and suspects. Advice has also been provided, for…
Untangling the past: remembering details of repeated events
If you only attended one meeting of a terror cell, it might be easier to remember who said what than if you attended several….
From data to datum: What should I do in this case?
At the heart of many scientific efforts to help security professionals is a mathematical challenge. One that has occupied the minds of biologists, sociologists,…
Algorithmic Decision Making
How can re-designing system interactions help build trust between governments and citizens, enhance the security and wellbeing of individuals and protect the security of…