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Author: Darin

  • Cultural competency training: Five things to consider

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    Part of community engagement is understanding other cultures. It is important for all community engagement facilitators to understand and appreciate different cultures. It is imperative our police, fire, EMS, local and city government officials, as well as other individuals involved in community relations be experts when it comes to understanding and accepting individuals from other…

  • Two Approaches to Risk-Factors in the CVE Sphere

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    A few hours ago, London experienced one of the most recent terrorist attacks. Attacks like this are becoming more common place, sadly, around the world and even in Western countries. Since the terrorism research field beginnings, researchers have run across a number of problems in trying to predict individuals who may commit an act of…

  • Smart Phones and Trust

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    University of Virginia Psychologist Konstadin Kushlev wrote recently about smart phones and trust. His notion was relying upon your smart phone makes you less likely to ask people information (e.g., directions, news, etc.). After all, it is easier to just look at your phone for advice as opposed to asking a friend, colleague, or neighbor.…

  • Metaanalysis on Disengagement Reasons

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    Windisch, Simi, Sott Ligon, and McNeel (2017) provide a unique metaanalysis on disengagement studies. Expanding beyond the typical terrorism disengagement, Windisch et al. (2017) discuss the gamut including disengagement from religious cults, street gangs, and nonviolent social movements. While there are multiple, independently personal factors to bring about these disengagements, most happen because of disillusion,…

  • Another Standoff Looming?

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    Two days ago, President Obama designated 300,000 acres surrounding Gold Butte, Nevada, as a national monument. This is the area where Cliven Bundy first had a standoff with local, state, and federal law enforcement officials in 2004. Eventually, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other agencies retreated (for lack of a better word) than…