The Centre for Policing and Security organises a 3-day basic SCAN course (Scientific Content Analysis) from September 26th till September 28th 2017 at the East-Flemish Police Academy in Ghent (Belgium).

On October 2nd and 3rd 2017 a  2-day advanced course  will be organised for those students who already followed the basic course.  It is possible to follow both courses successively in 2017.

The SCAN technique was developed by Mr. Avinoam Sapir, a polygraph examiner, with a background in the Israeli Police Department in Jerusalem.  Mr. Sapir holds a Bachelors Degree in both Psychology and Criminology, and a Masters Degree in Criminology.  He developed the SCAN technique by conducting extensive research into verbal communication, looking into the linguistic behavior used by people in communication.

The PAULO Police Academy is located in the Ghent sea port area: Port number 4230A.

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SCAN is an innovative and effictive technique for obtaining information and detection of deception.

SCAN will show you:

- whether the subject is truthful or deceptive

- what information the subject is concealing

- whether or not the subject was involved in the crime.

3-day basic course

This course presents the theory and concepts of the SCAN technique.  The students learn the basic rules of SCAN, and the ways that various linguistic signals are observed in statements.  

Each student receives a 230-page workbook, plus an additional take-home CD-ROM of SCAN information and case studies (consisting of the LSI SCAN Newsletter Anthology, the VIEW Guidebook, and the SCAN Workshop Guidebook, previously sold separately).  

Anyone who needs to obtain information from interviews or investigations.  

The SCAN technique is now being used by federal, law enforcement, and military agencies throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia; by bank and insurance investigators; by private industry; and by social service professionals, including rights officers and child protective service caseworkers.

The SCAN course will be of value to all individuals who deal with information, oral or written.  The course will enable the participant to effectively obtain and evaluate information.

Professions which can benefit tremendously from this course include: interviewers, intelligence officers, investigators, personnel managers, social workers, psychologists, and executives.

SCAN is also being used in many other countries, including the U.K., Belgium, the Netherlands, Israel, Mexico, and South Africa.

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