Abstract
AbstractThere is a dearth of evidence to indicate the effectiveness of counter-terrorism (CT) training for workers in crowded places to achieve their objectives of preventing attacks, helping staff to cope in a critical incident and then return to some form of normality afterwards. This study conducted semi-structured interviews (N = 23) of key stakeholders involved in devising, commissioning, and delivering CT programmes. It was found that lack of regard for adult learning theory, the skills and experience that particularly security officers bring to sessions and a complete absence of structured evaluation mean that the desire to increase the quantity of sessions delivered was to the detriment of quality. A series of recommendations are made to improve the future development and delivery of CT programmes to improve resilience.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Law,Strategy and Management,Safety Research
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