Criminology and Security

Security Success depends on the level of situational awareness of the decision makers on the ground and reaction speed

Out-thinking the criminal using critical thinking

Abstract

Practitioners in Criminology, Security and Risk could handle life impacting and life & death situations. It is not the weapon but people that commit crime or terror. When the criminologist, security or risk professionals are unable to read people or the situation then they are inviting collateral damage.

There are super-smart criminals going about their days thinking, plotting, planning and implementing missions. They use intimidation, bullying, blackmail and extortion techniques for their ‘mission of manipulation’. The person that can out-think the other is the benefactor and the lessor is the victim.

This work explores and teaches the use of critical thinking by bridging narrative research with situational awareness using critical thinking (meta-cognitive and cognitive skills) using lie, deception detection and investigative skills for  narrative research, and situational awareness considering historic data, current issues  for the ever-changing vulnerability-landscape of known and unknowns.

Considering where and why to use the skill-sets 

Critical-thinking the X Factor in Criminology, security and risk manuscript is able to be downloaded for print by the user

The manuscript provides the professional guidance to using the skill-sets to where and why to discover loopholes, uncover issues or opportunities.