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Behavioral Science Threat Assessment Research
A Behavioral Science Model for Threat Assessment in Source/Asset Operations
The purpose of the research is to explore how threat assessment decisions are made by military personnel who must work with people who are considered assets or sources. The research is funded by a grant from the Department of Defense and involves a literature search, survey and in-depth interviews of experts including case officers, analysts and field operatives from selected branches of the Department of Defense.
Developing Threat Assessment Best Practice Standards: Leveraging Behavioral Science Strategies to Enhance Decision-Making
This project was a University of Nebraska collaboration which involved the Public Policy Center and the departments of Psychology and Political Science in conjunction with ManTech-Gray Hawk. Federal partners affiliated with the Department of Defense worked closely with University researchers to build upon behavioral science threat assessment models that could be applied to the problem of ‘insider threats’.
The University of Nebraska’s role in this project included a comprehensive review of unclassified documents; exploration of threat assessment practices across a number of different industries; derivation of research and practice based behavioral science ‘best practices’ in insider threat assessment and detection; and exploration of how intense beliefs may fit within behavioral science threat assessment models.
Contact Information:
Department of Psychology
Mario Scalora mscalora1@unl.edu
Public Policy Center
Denise Bulling dbulling@nebraska.edu
Jenn Elliott jelliott@nebraska.edu
Larry Golba lgolba@nebraska.edu
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