Abstract
Since the 1940s, especially since 9/11, government officials and members of the public have been very concerned about suspicious objects (SOs) such as suspicious packages, cylinders, containers, briefcases, and suitcases. These SOs may contain explosives or biological, chemical, and radioactive weapons of mass destruction. Offenders may place these SOs in the community and make bomb threats (BTs) as well. This chapter uses findings from the Foul Play Project (FPP) to investigate the individual, technological, organizational, social, behavioral, community, and cultural factors that may influence the ways in which law enforcement personnel, community residents, and others respond to possible SOs . The FPP findings are based on a random sample of 5,366 cases involving possible foul play that were reported in the media .
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Morewitz, S.J. (2019). Suspicious Objects. In: Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26840-4_9
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