Failure at the World Cup

All triumphant athletes look alike, but do all distraught and disappointed ones? In past blogs, we have noted frequent observations of the universal “triumphant” pose amongst victors in sports competitions, but sports reveal other universal poses as well. For instance, as David Gendelman writes for The New York Times, this summer’s World Cup helps showcase…

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Raising Awareness about Active Shooter Incidents

Active shooter incidents are incredibly frightening events that often have deadly consequences for individuals, and dire consequences for organizations. The term “active shooter” describes a “situation in which a shooting is in progress and an aspect of the crime may affect the protocols used in responding to and reacting at the scene of an incident” (Blair…

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Threat Assessment and Management for Venue Security

As the target article mentions, many security measures can and should be put in place in a multi-layer approach to comprehensive security. Security professionals should consider as many different possibilities as possible in order to provide maximum security in order to harden targets. Hardening targets lessens the possibility of being attacked in the first place…

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Nonverbal vs. Verbal Deception Detection?

Is deception detection easier when we have verbal cues? Could it even be harder? A lot of sensory input goes into our ability to detect deception, but it is hard to tease out the role of verbal and nonverbal cues. We train you to look for both, but a new study seeks to break down…

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