Using Behavioral Indicators to Help Detect Potential Violent Acts A Review of the Science Base

• Main Author: Davis, Paul K. (auth)
• Other Authors: Perry, Walter L. (auth), Brown, Ryan Andrew (auth), Yeung, Douglas (auth), Roshan, Parisa (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Crime & criminology; Technology: general issues; Sociology; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Government organizations have put substantial effort into detecting and thwarting terrorist and insurgent attacks by observing suspicious behaviors of individuals at transportation checkpoints and elsewhere. This report reviews the scientific literature relating to observable, individual-level behav...