Tuesday, June 19, 2007

[USA] Snap Judgments: Can we teach accurate 'thin-slicing?' / Officer.com, 14 June 2007
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=36506&siteSection=3
PAT ROBINSON
"Watch his hands! How many times have you heard that in your law enforcement career? If you're a training officer, how many times have you said it? Contrary to the lessons taught in the most pervasive law enforcement training medium--television--we know that it's not important to "Watch his eyes, pardner." It's hands that kill. I've never heard of anyone who was struck and killed by a flying eyeball."