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Measuring the Expertise of Burglars (Schneier on Security)
2015-04-30 19:22

New research paper: "New methods for examining expertise in burglars in natural and simulated environments: preliminary findings": Expertise literature in mainstream cognitive psychology is rarely applied to criminal behaviour. Yet, if closely scrutinised, examples of the characteristics of expertise can be identified in many studies examining the cognitive processes of offenders, especially regarding residential burglary. We evaluated two new methodologies...


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