Training Law Enforcement Officers to Identify Reliable Deception Cues With a Serious Digital Game

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Claude H. Miller ◽  
Norah E. Dunbar ◽  
Matthew L. Jensen ◽  
Zachary B. Massey ◽  
Yu-Hao Lee ◽  
...  

Extant research indicates that professional law enforcement officers (LEOs) are generally no better than untrained novices at detecting deception. Moreover, traditional training methods are often less effective than no training at all at improving successful detection. Compared to the traditional training, interactive digital games can provide an immersive learning environment for deeper internalization of new information through simulated practices. VERITAS—an interactive digital game—was designed and developed to train LEOs to better detect reliable deception cues when questioning suspects and determining the veracity of their answers. The authors hypothesized that reducing players' reactance would mitigate resistance to training, motivate engagement with materials, and result in greater success at deception detection and knowledge. As hypothesized, LEOs playing VERITAS showed significant improvement in deception detection from the first to the second scenario within the game; and the low-reactance version provided the most effective training. The authors also compared various responses to the game between LEOs and a separate undergraduate student sample. Relative to students, findings show LEOs perceived VERITAS to be significantly more intrinsically motivating, engaging, and appealing as a deception detection activity.

Author(s):  
Сергей Александрович Грязнов

Несколько лет назад об идее обучения сотрудников правоохранительных органов посредством виртуальной реальности (VR) не могло быть и речи, прежде всего, из-за высокой стоимости данной технологии. Сегодня виртуальная реальность стала технически зрелой, затраты снизились, а технологии широко распространились по многим профессиям. Можно уверенно сказать, что правоохранительным органам нужны лидеры, обладающие навыками и компетенциями XXI в., выходящими за рамки традиционного обучения. Целью данной статьи является рассмотрение (на зарубежном примере) важности применения технологии виртуальной реальности для обучения сотрудников правоохранительных органов. Автором сделан вывод о том, что использование виртуальной реальности в обучении - это наиболее эффективный способ передачи информации. Данные технологии обучения можно использовать для безопасного повышения квалификации, чтобы в будущем избежать реальных рисков. A few years ago, the idea of training law enforcement officers through virtual reality (VR) was out of the question, primarily because of the high cost of this technology. Today, virtual reality has become technically mature, costs have decreased, and technology has spread widely across many professions. We can confidently say that law enforcement agencies need leaders with skills and competencies of the 21st-century that go beyond traditional training. The purpose of this article is to consider (on a foreign example) the importance of using virtual reality technology for training law enforcement officers. The author concluded that the use of virtual reality in training is the most effective way of transmitting information. These training technologies can be used for safe professional development in order to avoid real risks in the future.


2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myrna M. Cornett-DeVito ◽  
Edward L. McGlone

This exploratory case study focused on multicultural communication training within the community policing context. Little research has addressed what constitutes effective content and delivery of multicultural training for law enforcement officers. Brislin and Yoshida's four-component multicultural plan was combined with limited law enforcement-related multicultural training literature to design a training program for a small city's police department. Two 4-hour training sessions were conducted by one of the investigators using a culture-general content approach and selected training methods to determine their usefulness for improving officers' multi-cultural competencies. The case included the training sessions together with pre-and posttraining activities over a period of approximately 3 months. Data were collected with selected test instruments and also from the field notes taken during the case activities. The results suggest that the culture-general model and interactive training methods and trainer qualifications may be key to yielding positive training outcomes.


Author(s):  
Khlon O.M.

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study the issue of improving the effectiveness of professional and psychological training, providing suggestions for its improvementMethods. The research methodology consisted of a set of such methods as analytical, synthesis method, generalization and analogy, modeling, comparative and classification method.Results. Acquired in the process of preparation of knowledge, quality of skills and abilities should meet the needs of professional law enforcement and correlate with the requirements for the identity of law enforcement officers, which are defined in the professional characteristics of the profiles of the law enforcement officer. At this stage, it is advisable to form a unified system of professional and psychological training, in the context of which certain forms of psychological training could include a test stage, which would determine the level of theoretical knowledge of the employee, as well as the level of readiness of law enforcement officers. profile. During the preparation and direct application of knowledge and skills aimed at performing tasks of increased complexity, the mind of a law enforcement officer should be dominated by the image of a brave, determined, smart and successful law enforcement officer who is able, able and must, using their own physical, psychological and intellectual abilities, perform tasks and responsibilities and succeed. It is also advisable to use the following training techniques: to use models or individual elements of extreme situations, to provide recommendations according to the direction of work in which the employee works, to consolidate the relevant knowledge with special exercises.Conclusions. Psychological training, as an appropriate and necessary stage of becoming a law enforcement officer should include a full range of educational and training activities aimed at improving professional and psychological skills, psychological stability, high moral and psychological level, ensuring compliance with departmental regulations, as well as the formation of internal readiness conscientiously fulfill the requirements of official activity set before the employee.Key words: training, law enforcement officer, efficiency, training, psychological readiness. Мета статті – вивчення питання підвищення ефективності професійно-психологічної підготовки, надання пропозицій щодо її покращення.Методи. Методологію дослідження становить комплекс таких методів, як аналітичний, метод синтезу, узагальнення й аналогії, моделювання, порівняльний, метод класифікації.Результати. Нами визначено, що доцільне формування єдиної системи професійно-психологічної підготовки, у контексті якоїокремі форми психологічної підготовки могли б включати і тестовий етап, який би визначав рівень освоєння теоретичних знань працівником, а також рівень готовності працівника правоохоронних органів на підставі відповідності вимогам професіографічного профілю. Під час підготовки та безпосереднього застосування знань і вмінь, спрямованих на виконання поставлених завдань підвищеної складності, у свідомості працівника правоохоронних органів має переважати образ сміливого, рішучого, кмітливого й успішного правоохоронця, який здатен, уміє та повинен, за допомогою власних фізичних, психологічних та інтелектуальних здібностей, виконати поставлені завдання, обов’язки, досягти успіху. Доцільно також задіювати такі навчальні прийоми: використовувати моделі чи окремі елементи екстремальних ситуацій, надавати рекомендації згідно з напрямом роботи праців-ника, закріплювати відповідні знання спеціальними вправами.Висновки. Доведено, що психологічна підготовка буде ефективною, якщо буде включати у себе весь комплекс навчальних і тренувальних заходів, спрямованих на підвищення професійно-психологічної майстерності, психологічної стійкості, високого морально-психологічного рівня, забезпечення дотри-мання відомчих нормативно-правових приписів, а також формування внутрішньої готовності сумлінно виконувати поставлені перед працівником вимоги службової діяльності.Ключові слова: підготовка, працівник правоохоронних органів, ефективність, тренування, психо-логічна готовність.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Weny Almoravid Dungga

AbstractThe people's need of legal certainty is the responsibility of all parties to make it happen. Various cases raised in society require the law enforcement agencies to follow up and protect the witnesses and victims. Gorontalo city is inseparable with some legal cases taken place in urban communities that require contributions from law enforcement agencies, including universities. This study focuses on the implementation of law on the protection of witnesses and victims for the law existence to people in Gorontalo city that employed normative juridical method in which it is a law study aimed at finding out the norms and “das Sollen”. The result reveals that the implementation of law on the protection of witnesses and victims to people in Gorontalo city has not been effectively applied as resulted from the empirical factual review. Further, there are five important aspects that determine the existence of witness and victim protection agency, including 1) laws, 2) the witnesses’ and victims’ mental attitude, 3) professional law enforcement officers, 4) community control, 5) electronic media. Keywords: Protection, Witnesses, Victims


BESTUUR ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Loresta Cahyaning Lintang ◽  
Adriano Martufi ◽  
J.W. Ouwerker

<p>This study explores the future implementation of blasphemy law in Indonesia. This research suggests some recommendations for Indonesian blasphemy law by looking at different blasphemy policy options in Ireland and Canada. This research will focus on the principle of legal certainty. Legal certainty is an essential aspect for criminal law to avoid state arbitrariness and to have predictability. The results of this research indicate that some aspects of Indonesian blasphemy law may be reconstructed in five ways: expanding the protected religions to include the minority religions, defining explicit limitations, specifying <em>mens</em><em> </em><em>rea </em>element, measuring the ‘threat to public’ elements, and more professional law enforcement officers.  </p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Blasphemy; Indonesia; Ireland; Canada; Comparative.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-99
Author(s):  
Александр Хаврак ◽  
Aleksandr Khavrak ◽  
Наталья Николаева (Зайцева) ◽  
Natalya Nicolaeva (Zaytseva)

The article describes the main specific features of the organizational component of the processes of communication and communication in the field of law enforcement agencies, due to their specific activity. The concepts of communication and communication are compared in a semantic context, an analysis has been made and in a functional informational and communicative aspect in relation to the activities of specialists of various police departments, whose activities significantly differ not only in subject-object structure, but also in functional, subordinate and other differences. In connection with the diverse specificities of various aspects of the communicative process of law enforcement officers, the authors used general scientific (general logical) methods: analysis, synthesis, comparison, description, studied in scientific literature and generalized communication models of subjects of communication, the formation of personal and professional potential in various professional environments law enforcement practices, indicating which models in which professional environments will produce the most effective result. Knowledge of these features of building communicative interaction will generally improve the communicative culture of law enforcement officers.


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