Tuesday 27th June 2006 Workshops			return to programme index return to workshops
Each workshop is an all day event.
Workshop 4	Professor Laurence Alison, Bernadette Doran & Kate Whitfield	Identifying effective leadership and decision-making strategies for critical incident management.
	10.00am – 4.00pm This workshop will be of interest to police officers and postgraduate students studying criminology, psychology, or policing-related subjects. The issues covered will also be relevant to psychologists working in this applied field. It will involve formal presentations and simulation exercises aimed at enhancing participants’ decision-making strategies. The session will conclude with an electronic focus group. Following the workshop, participants will be able to answer the following questions: What makes a good decision? What stops me from making a good decision? How to I justify my decisions? How do I avoid making a bad decision? What might stop me from making any decision at all? The session will be informed by research carried out at the Centre for Critical Incident Research (CCIR), and related studies in this emerging field. This research has identified successful decision-making strategies, based on major high-profile critical incidents. These will be emphasised in this highly interactive workshop, with several demonstrations and key examples. Participants who wish to have specific issues or questions addressed are encouraged to email such requests in advance to either: Bernadette Doran B.Doran@liverpool.ac.uk or Kate Whitfield K.Whitfield@liverpool.ac.uk Please note workshops cost an additional £100 to the standard conference registration fee. Professor Laurence Alison B.Sc. Psychology; M.Sc. Investigative Psychology; PhD. Investigative Psychology; Chartered Forensic Psychologist, Division of Forensic Psychology Professor Alison is Director of the Centre for Critical Incident Research, which promotes the systematic evaluation of critical decisions and conducts research on investigative decision making, developing opportunities to assist in training programmes and in the provision of an evidence-based approach to major investigation. Prof Alison has a track record of publishing on the subject of policing and investigation in several leading internationally recognised journals and has lectured nationally and internationally about these subjects. His core area of interest is social cognition and the processes by which individuals make sense of ambiguous, complex or contradictory information. This has led to involvement of evaluations of expert reports prepared for the police and courts, so called 'offender profilers' advice and credibility assessments of significant witnesses and victims. His work has attracted attention from many police forces in the UK and abroad, including the Kent Police Advanced Detective Training programme, Strathclyde Police crime analysis section, the Forensic Science Institute in Krakow and The Bundeskriminalamt in Wiesbaden. He has contributed to a number of major police enquiries, particularly complex and controversial investigations, including R-v-Stagg, a review of the behavioural information provide in the DOWLER enquiry. He has been key psychological advisor in several major debriefs, including the recent London Bombings. Bernadette Doran B.Sc. Forensic Psychobiology; M.Sc. Investigative Psychology Bernadette Doran is a PhD student at the Centre for Critical Incident Research. Her work focuses on decision-making under conditions of time pressure, stress, and uncertainty within critical incidents. She has lectured on this topic, as well as having presented at both national and international conferences. In addition, she has attended a number of critical incident training simulations run by the Metropolitan and Merseyside Police, of which include firearms, abduction, and multi-agency child protection exercises. Kate Whitfield B.A. Psychology & English; B.A. Honours Psychology; M.Sc. Investigative Psychology Kate Whitfield is a PhD student at the Centre for Critical Incident Research. Her work centres on leadership, teamwork, and decision inertia within critical incident management. She has lectured on these topics, as well as having presented her work at both national and international conferences. In addition, she has attended a number of critical incident training simulations run by the Metropolitan and Merseyside Police, of which include firearms, abduction, and multi-agency child protection exercises.
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