Here are a number of unhelpful traits which may surface in counter-terrorism (German terms in some cases added):
- actionism instead of careful consideration
- anticipatory justice or vorauseilende Gerechtigkeit
- exaggeration leading up to aggravation or Verschlimmbesserung
- carelessness
- superficial treatment
- conclusions and generalizations based on single leads
- wrong combinations of algorithmic items prompting wrong assumptions
- lack of actualization and assumption ‘hangover’
- no double-checking
- forgetfulness of mitigating circumstances
- over-reliance on schematic, extreme variables and manifestations
- non-individual casing
- ignoring of contextual givens
- over-estimation of specific institutional regulations
- over-emphasis of temporal external aspects
- losing perspective or Verlust der Perspektive
- individual preferences of officials put upon their targets
- securitarian tribalism
- over-fraternizing in partnering
- securitarian rivalries and hubris detrimental to objectivity
- partiality
- objectification of human beings or Verdinglichung
- unjustified summary treatment or grundlose Gruppenhaftung
- over- or under-empathic attitudes
- wrong conclusions due to a lack of skills
- wrong combinations of skill sets
Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip
July 2019
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