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Eliciting detailed and comprehensive information about the structure, organisation and relationships between individuals involved in organised crime gangs, terrorist cells and networks is a…
This guide draws on a reanalysis of interview data from the 1980s and 90s that explored the lifecycle phases among loyalist and republican paramilitaries…
A new method for supporting the recall of information from memory has been devised to help source handlers elicit information about people involved in…
Intelligence analysts are typically required to process large volumes of data in a timely manner in order to extract useful information and detect potential…
Research exploring radicalization pathways and how and why people become involved in terrorism has expanded since the 9/11 attacks. Likewise, over the last decade…
Why do people spread disinformation online? Are they fooled by the disinformation, and spread it because they believe it is true? Do they know…
This systematic review attempts to understand how people keep secrets online, and in particular how people use the internet when engaging in covert behaviours…
How do criminals manage their own security and how do they make risk judgements surrounding the commissioning of a crime? Law enforcement agencies and…
This guide focuses on the insights criminology can provide into terrorist decision-making. It looks at what terrorists do and how they do it. How…
Law enforcement agencies gather intelligence in order to prevent criminal activity and pursue criminals. In the context of human intelligence collection, intelligence elicitation relies…
To promote early intervention strategies, Countering/Preventing Violent Extremism (C/PVE) policies internationally seek to encourage community reporting by ‘intimates’ about someone close to them engaging…
An exploration of the psychological characteristics of individuals who engage in digital hoarding, and the risks these behaviours can pose to organisations. Digital hoarding…