Thursday, January 7, 2010

An Article You Should Check Out: Behavioral identification can help stop terrorists, researcher says

Behavioral identification can help stop terrorists, researcher says

University at Buffalo behavioral scientist and security researcher Mark G. Frank, PhD and his work is the focus. Frank worked closely with Ekman for several decades...◦
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Anonymous said...

I believe that law enforcement at every level should be trained to be aware of bias/sterotyping, cross-cultural communication similarities/differences for both verbal and nonverbal aspects, along with the behavioral analysis!

American Muslims have endured an increase in anti-Muslim bias and the new airport mandates of country/racial/religious profiling are not the answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i4npj7fbdY&

http://video.foxnews.com/v/3960697/cair-warns-against-profiling/?playlist_id=87249

- An American Muslim

Anonymous said...

In this nice article, Dr. Frank states, "The cause of terrorism and its cures are very complex and require a multi-layered and multi-pronged approach," he says, "but I want to emphasize that we already have many of the technologies and techniques -- with more to come -- vetted by scientific research, to better identify and stop these people all along the way."

I think it is also important for people to properly understand what the Islamic stance is regarding terrorism and extremism, as explained by leading Islamic scholars around the world as they continuously condemn these un-Islamic tactics:

http://www.cair.com/AmericanMuslims/AntiTerrorism.aspx

www.balancedislam.org (downloadable pdf)

Anonymous said...

Consortium of Social Science Associations

Detecting Deception:
Research to Secure the Homeland

In the midst of Washington headlines dominated by the work of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission), COSSA focused its first Congressional Briefing of 2004 on a related topic. The March 19 seminar, Detecting Deception: Research to Secure the Homeland, highlighted three experts who have been studying techniques and approaches that security agencies can use to uncover threats to the nation.

Seminar with Dr. Judee Burgoon focused on "Automated Detection", Dr. Charles Bond focused on "Cross Cultural Deception", and Dr. Mark Frank focused on "Face-to-Face Intellegience Gathering".

http://www.cossa.org/seminarseries/detectingdeception.htm

Anonymous said...

Psychological Evaluations of Deception

Bond, Charles F. Jr; Atoum, Adnan Omar (2000). International deception. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin. Vol. 26(3), 385-395.

This article describes three studies of international deception. Americans, Jordanians, and Indians were videotaped while lying and telling the truth, and the resulting tapes were judged for deception by other Americans, Jordanians, and Indians. The results showed that lies could be detected across cultures. They were detected across cultures that shared a language and across cultures that did not, and by illiterates as well as by university students. Perceivers showed no general tendency to judge persons from other countries as deceptive de·cep·tive
adj.
Deceptive or tending to deceive.


de·ceptive·ness n. ; in fact, they often judged foreigners to be more truthful than compatriots. There was, however, some evidence for a language-based ethnocentrism ethnocentrism, the feeling that one's group has a mode of living, values, and patterns of adaptation that are superior to those of other groups. It is coupled with a generalized contempt for members of other groups.
..... Click the link for more information. when perceivers are judging the deceptiveness of a series of people from the same multilingual culture.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Appendix+4:+psychology+of+deception.-a0120250255

Anonymous said...

International Deception
Charles F. Bond, Jr.

Texas Christian University, U.S.A., c.bond@tcu.edu

Adnan Omar Atoum

Yarmouk University, Jordan

This article reports three studies of international deception. Americans, Jordanians, and Indians were videotaped while lying and telling the truth, and the resulting tapes were judged for deception by other Americans, Jordanians, and Indians. Results show that lies can be detected across cultures. They can be detected across cultures that share a language and cultures that do not, by illiterates as well as university students. Contrary to a hypothesis of ethnocentrism, perceivers show no general tendency to judge persons from other countries as deceptive; in fact, they often judge foreigners to be more truthful than compatriots. There is, however, some evidence for a language-based ethnocentrism when perceivers are judging the deceptiveness of a series of people from the same multilingual culture. Ancillary results reveal that people from diverse backgrounds reach consensus in deception judgments and that motivation can impair a liar’s ability to achieve communication goals.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 3, 385-395 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167200265010

http://psp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/385

Anonymous said...

CAIR: New TSA Screening Rules Amount to Profiling
Posted 1/5/2010 5:06:00 PM
http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=26186&&name=n&&currPage=1&&Active=1


Editorial
Profiling terrorists / Behavior, not religion or ethnicity, should be the focus

Monday, January 4, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/04/profiling-terrorists-behavior-not-religion-or-ethn/