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Commentary On The Investigation: The April 20, 2001 Peruvian Shootdown Accident, Ibpp Editor
Commentary On The Investigation: The April 20, 2001 Peruvian Shootdown Accident, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article critiques an investigative report officially intended (1) to establish the facts and circumstances contributing to the April 20, 2001 interdiction of a United States (US) missionary floatplane and the death of two US citizens and (2) to make recommendations to minimize another such accident. The report was issued by the US Department of State Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
In Drag On Drugs, Ibpp Editor
In Drag On Drugs, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
Since commentators generally assert that the war on illegal and illicit drugs has been a failure, we should evaluate the assertion and, then, opine on why there is a war, winnable or not.
Venus In Furs: Why False Confessions Are True, Ibpp Editor
Venus In Furs: Why False Confessions Are True, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the nature of truth and false confessions in the context of confession and interrogation.
The Profiler's Story, Ibpp Editor
The Profiler's Story, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
Courtesy of commercial television, we better be good. Or else the profilers will get us. It turns out that applied science and its sidekicks intuition and psychism (what psychics do) have our number. One step out of line and our number will be called, and we’ll be served our due comeuppance and just desserts. But is profiling more dessert or desert—or upon close inspection fated to desert us as a valuable tool in deterring or identifying perpetrators of egregious misbehavior? This article describes some implicit assumptions—as contradictory and interdependent as some may be—on which profiling often rests. For these purposes, …
Spot Off: The Gao Takes On The Tsa’S Behavior Detection Program, Ibpp Editor
Spot Off: The Gao Takes On The Tsa’S Behavior Detection Program, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recently Issued Efforts to Validate TSA’s Passenger Screening Behavior Detection Program Underway, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Validation and Address Operational Problems (May 2010, GAO-10-763). This IBPP article will describe and comment on the main GAO findings and additional data on which the findings are based. The article will end with some basic challenges to behavior detection as a useful security measure.
The Politics Of Immigration: A Representation Of The Unconscious Mind, Ibpp Editor
The Politics Of Immigration: A Representation Of The Unconscious Mind, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses the concept of an illegal immigrant from different psychological perspectives.
Terrorism And The Law: Show Trials And Why The Show Must Go On, Ibpp Editor
Terrorism And The Law: Show Trials And Why The Show Must Go On, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the nature and meaning of terrorism trials during the United States’ war on terror.
Why Terrorism? Whose Terror?, Ibpp Editor
Why Terrorism? Whose Terror?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author considers terrorism as a competitor for the legally constituted authority and power of governments.
Trends. Suicidal Terrorism And The Death Penalty, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Suicidal Terrorism And The Death Penalty, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses why an established death penalty for terrorists who would, by their own actions, suicide might be appropriate.
Trends. The Federal Bureau Of Investigation Reform Act Of 2003 (S.1440): A Polygraph Update, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Federal Bureau Of Investigation Reform Act Of 2003 (S.1440): A Polygraph Update, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses The Federal Bureau of Investigation Reform Act of 2003 (S.1440), and the continuing popularity of the polygraph with security bureaucracies.
Homeland Security Policy: Deportment On Deportation, Ibpp Editor
Homeland Security Policy: Deportment On Deportation, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article provides commentary on the appropriateness of deporting illegal aliens in support of homeland security policy.
Exploding Causalities: An Example From Iraq, Ibpp Editor
Exploding Causalities: An Example From Iraq, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article provides explanations for a seemingly paradoxical social psychological response to the April 26, 2003 explosions within an ammunition dump in Baghdad.
Trends. Social Cognition And The Legal Adjudication Of Terrorism Cases, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Social Cognition And The Legal Adjudication Of Terrorism Cases, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses the impact of terrorism on the justice system and security.
United Nations Tribunals And Complicity In Human Rights Violations: The Assassination Of Zoran Djindjic, Ibpp Editor
United Nations Tribunals And Complicity In Human Rights Violations: The Assassination Of Zoran Djindjic, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article presents a hypothesis of untoward consequences through the reification of human rights.
Trends. Group Psychology And War Planning, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Group Psychology And War Planning, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses the importance of group dynamics and mood in a war setting.
Trends. A Casualty Of War: Suicide As A Response To An American-Led Invasion Of Iraq, Ibpp Editor
Trends. A Casualty Of War: Suicide As A Response To An American-Led Invasion Of Iraq, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses the political psychology of suicide as protest.
Psychological Operations And An Iatrogenic Threat In Iraq, Ibpp Editor
Psychological Operations And An Iatrogenic Threat In Iraq, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes a psychological phenomenon that might lead to the backfiring of an attempt at employing psychological operations.
Trends. Personalities, Motivations, And Capabilities: The Iraq-North Korea Distinction, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Personalities, Motivations, And Capabilities: The Iraq-North Korea Distinction, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses and evaluates the handling of public affairs and justifications for military intervention in Iraq by the United States Secretary of State.
Obedience To Authority As Obedience To Authority: Current Perspectives On The Milgram Paradigm, Ibpp Editor
Obedience To Authority As Obedience To Authority: Current Perspectives On The Milgram Paradigm, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article considers political implications of the Milgram obedience studies and of how these studies have fared in professional and lay discourse. A point of departure for the article is a volume edited by Thomas Blass on the studies.
Trends. The Paradise Hotel Bombing: Trouble In Judicial Paradise, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Paradise Hotel Bombing: Trouble In Judicial Paradise, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discussed the bombing of the Kenyan Hotel Paradise in November 2002, and the detention of suspects.
Trends. Disclosure Of Post-9-11 Arrestees And Maslow’S Hierarchy Of Needs, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Disclosure Of Post-9-11 Arrestees And Maslow’S Hierarchy Of Needs, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses the Maslowian hierarchy of needs in the context of 9-11 terrorist attacks and the relationship between executive and judicial branches of American government.
The Recovery Of The Aviation Industry: The Aviation Security Challenge, Ibpp Editor
The Recovery Of The Aviation Industry: The Aviation Security Challenge, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article is based on a presentation made to the SAE 2002 World Aviation Congress on November 6, 2002 by the IBPP Editor. The article’s focus is on how representatives of the aviation industry need to think about aviation security to facilitate the industry’s economic recovery.
Trends. Implications Of War And Peace For The Morality, Ethics, And Legality Of Killing And Incarceration, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Implications Of War And Peace For The Morality, Ethics, And Legality Of Killing And Incarceration, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article provides a perspective for the controversy surrounding the appropriateness of killing and incarceration during a war on terrorism with global reach.
Trends. Getting Emotional On Nonlethal Weapons, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Getting Emotional On Nonlethal Weapons, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes a significant biopsychosocial impediment to developing nonlethal weapons affecting emotional functioning.
The Black And White Of Profiling: Sniping On The Sniper Case, Ibpp Editor
The Black And White Of Profiling: Sniping On The Sniper Case, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article analyzes the construct of profiling in the aftermath of the arrest of two suspects in the recent sniper attacks perpetrated in the greater Washington, D.C. area.
Trends. Predicting An Iraqi Insurrection: A Contribution From Balance Theory, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Predicting An Iraqi Insurrection: A Contribution From Balance Theory, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article evaluates the problematic of concept of enemies and supposed allies among supporters of a United States-led military intervention in Iraq.
Trends. When Governments Want Government To Change, Ibpp Editor
Trends. When Governments Want Government To Change, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses regime change in Germany and Iraq in a political psychological context.
Thinking About Thinking In An Era Of Globalization: Implications For International Security, Ibpp Editor
Thinking About Thinking In An Era Of Globalization: Implications For International Security, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article identifies and critiques hypotheses concerning the impact of globalization on thinking and suggests consequences of thinking (reason, logic) as an epistemological tool of international security.
Trends. Aviation Terrorism's Winning Hand, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Aviation Terrorism's Winning Hand, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses aviation security, terrorism, and the psychology behind pilot motivations for opting out of flying members of the Israeli government to Israel.
Trends. Psychiatric Follies Continue: The Moussaoui Case, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Psychiatric Follies Continue: The Moussaoui Case, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes several issues related to the evaluation of competency to stand trial for defendants accused of terrorism, in this case Zacarias Moussaoui.