Hostile Intent And Counter-Terrorism: Human Factors Theory And Application (Human Factors In Defence)

This volume brings together research from around the world to explore a range of topics within the project of detecting terrorist activities. It is divided into six key themes: conceptualising terrorism, deception and decision making, social and cultural factors in terrorism, modelling hostile intent, strategies for counter-terrorism, and future directions. Twenty four chapters explore the spectrum of detecting terrorist activities, hostile intent, crowded public spaces and suspicious behavior. A variety of disciplines are represented, including ergonomics/human factors, psychology, criminology, cognitive science, sociology, political theory, engineering and computer science.

• • Author: Dr Glyn Lawson, Dr Alex Stedmon
• • Publisher: Crc Press
• • Publication Date: Dec 28, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 390 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1409445216
• • ISBN-13: 9781409445210