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P/CVE in Europe: Still dominated by the state

Article | IAPSS update |

The power of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in strengthening prevention programmes

Article | IAPSS update |

Mattias Sjöberg

Interpersonal sensemaking: A powerful tool for facilitating cooperation in suspects

Navigating Cross-Cultural Challenges in Rapport Building and Information Gathering: Preparing interviewers for effective interactions

Vincent Denault, Aldert Vrij

“The eyes can’t lie”: misconceptions about nonverbal communication and why they matter

Rachel Monaghan, Bianca Slocombe

The Prosecution Landscape for Extremist Actors in the UK

Joel Busher, Sarah Marsden, Leena Malkki

Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation Research: Past, Present and Future

Nadine Salman, Zainab Al-Attar

Neurodivergence and Extremism: Considerations for Practice

Law enforcement information sharing for the 21st Century

Laura Stevens, Tia Bennett, Sarah Rockowitz, Heather Flowe

The role of digital technologies (GBVxTech) in communicating gender-based violence

Anastasia Kordoni, Shengnan Liu, Miriam Koschate-Reis, Mark Levine

Investigating the Influence of Hybrid Social Identities in Online Communities

Marc Kydd, Lynsay Shepherd, Graham Johnson, Andrea Szymkowiak

Love Bytes – Improving Romance Fraud Prevention

Austin C. Doctor, Gina Ligon, Samuel T. Hunter

Militant Leadership and the Severity of Terrorism in Conflict Environments

Dana Roemling, Jack Grieve

Forensic Authorship Analysis

Digital Traces of Offline Mobilisation

Nick van der Klok, Miriam Oostinga, Luke C. Russell, Michael A. Yansick

Accelerating Influence: Challenging the Linear Paradigm of Suicide Negotiation

Unexplored Interactions: Disentangling Trustworthiness, Trust and Rapport

How People Decide What to Disclose in Investigative Interviews

Sander van der Linden

A Psychological Vaccine Against Misinformation

Helen Innes, Andrew Dawson, Martin Innes

OSINT vs Disinformation: The Information Threats ‘Arms Race’

Bettina Rottweiler, Paul Gill

Conspiratorial thinking and far-right extremist attitudes

Sarah Marsden, James Lewis

How do case management tools work to counter radicalisation?

Misleading a Group to Ineffectiveness

Nicola Power, Richard Philpot, Mark Levine

The Psychology of Interoperability: Improving Emergency Services’ Teamwork

Addressing Algorithms in Disinformation

Using Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to Examine Heterogeneity in Conspiracy Believers

Hiding in plain (web)site

Ricky Green, Imane Khaouja, Daniel Toribio-Flórez, Karen Douglas

Conspiracy Theories: Their Propagation and Links to Political Violence

Ullrich Ecker, Toby Prike, Li Qian Tay

Psychological Interventions to Combat Misinformation

Muhsin Yesilada, Paul Grasby

A to Z of Misinformation

Tom Buchanan, Rotem Perach, Deborah Husbands

Why do people share false political information online?

Dimitri Pavlounis, Kelsey Davis

What kind of digital media literacy?: Building student resilience to misinformation through evidence-based approaches

The ‘incelosphere’ and incel violence: A worsening problem?

Camilla De Camargo

When the uniform doesn't fit

Alexandra Phelan, Jessica White, James Paterson, Claudia Wallner

Misogyny and Masculinity: Toward a Typology of Gendered Narratives amongst the Far-Right

A Communication Perspective on Resilience

Is ‘Government’ and ‘Innovation’ an oxymoron? Public Sector Innovation: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Charis Rice, Martin Innes

What’s new, what works? Countering terrorism with public-facing strategic communication campaigns

Lorraine Hope, Feni Kontogianni, Alejandra De La Fuente Vilar

How did you escape? A rapport-based framework for time-critical questioning involving cooperative interviewees

Heather Shaw, Charlotte Sibbons, Stacey Conchie (Director), Paul Taylor

Are emerging digital behavioural biometrics able to identify us?

AI Innovation Risks & Implications

Niklas Henderson

The Disinformation Game: Finding New Ways to Fight ‘Fake News’

Austin C. Doctor, Joel S. Elson, Samuel T. Hunter

Violent Extremism, Innovation, and Recruitment in the Metaverse

Rolling the dice on algorithms: Increasing understanding through boardgames

Trauma & Violent Extremism: Implications for Interventions

Heidi Ellis, Emma Cardeli, Stevan Weine

Moving away from ‘Trauma’ towards ‘Trauma and...’

Extremist Foreign Fighters in Ukraine

Stevan Weine, Mary Bunn, Emma Cardeli, Heidi Ellis

Trauma informed Care and Violent Extremism Prevention

Marika Madfors, Simon Oleszkiewicz, Matthew Jones

Proximity-Based Evidence Disclosure: Enhancing Evidence Reliability

Alexandria Bradley

Prison safety and security: Exploring the impact of Trauma-Informed Practice and Trauma-Responsive Interventions

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