J Pete Blair
Biographic Data
| ID | 91905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Pete Blair |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Pete |
| FAMILY NAME | Blair |
| SIGNATURE | BLAIR J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0905-2643 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1921 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Striking or grappling? Comparing public and officers' perceptions of police use of force
Police officers use physical arrest and control techniques far more often than firearms, yet public understanding of how people judge these actions is limited, specifically regarding different styles of unarmed arrest. This study examined how civilians and law enforcement officers evaluate different types of police use of force, focusing on whether opinions change depending on the kind of technique used. Using short video clips of the same police…
How police officers are shot and killed during active shooter events
Active shooter events have driven police to change how they respond to events where an attacker is actively engaged in killing civilians. This paper examines these changes through the lenses of Normal Accident Theory (NAT) and Resilience Engineering (RE). Our results show a police officer is shot in one out of every six active shooter events in the United States. We then apply RE to better understand how these shootings occur so that police can i…
A scientific examination of the 21-foot rule
The purpose of this study was to scientifically assess the long-standing 21-foot rule. There are several anecdotal publications looking at the 21-foot rule as a standard in policing. This study uses experimental design to examine whether this standard should continue in modern-day policing. The 21-foot rule was tested in three independent experimental design studies. The first study measured the average speed at which a person could run 21 feet. …
Peek or Push
Prior to the modern era of active shooter events, the standard training for patrol officers responding to an ongoing shooting event required the responding patrol officer(s) to contain the shooter in the building where the attack was occurring, control access to the location, attempt to communicate with the shooter, and call the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. Recently, research has been undertaken to empirically examine different law en…
Expertise in Deception Detection Involves Actively Prompting Diagnostic Information Rather Than Passive Behavioral Observation
In a proof-of-concept study, an expert obtained 100% deception-detection accuracy over 33 interviews. Tapes of the interactions were shown to N = 136 students who obtained 79.1% accuracy (Mdn = 83.3%, mode = 100%). The findings were replicated in a second experiment with 5 different experts who collectively conducted 89 interviews. The new experts were 97.8% accurate in cheating detection and 95.5% accurate at detecting who cheated. A sample of N…
Diagnostic Utility
Journal Article Diagnostic Utility: Experimental Demonstrations and Replications of Powerful Question Effects in High-Stakes Deception Detection Get access Timothy R. Levine, Timothy R. Levine 1School of Media and Communication, Korea University, Seoul, 136-701, Republic of Korea, 1Corresponding author: Timothy R. Levine; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J. Pete Blair, J. Pete Blair 2School of Criminal Just…
Content in Context Improves Deception Detection Accuracy
Past research has shown that people are only slightly better than chance at distinguishing truths from lies. Higher accuracy rates, however, are possible when contextual knowledge is used to judge the veracity of situated message content. The utility of content in context was shown in a series of experiments with students (N = 26, 45, 51, 25, 127) and experts (N = 66). Across studies, average accuracy was 75% in the content in context groups comp…
(In)accuracy at Detecting True and False Confessions and Denials
Journal Article (In)accuracy at Detecting True and False Confessions and Denials: An Initial Test of a Projected Motive Model of Veracity Judgments Get access Timothy R. Levine, Timothy R. Levine 1Department of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA 1Corresponding author: Timothy R. Levine; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rachel K. Kim, Rachel K. Kim 1Department of Communicat…
Cognitive Biases and Nonverbal Cue Availability in Detecting Deception
In potentially deceptive situations, people rely on mental shortcuts to help process information. These heuristic judgments are often biased and result in inaccurate assessments of sender veracity. Four such biases—truth bias, visual bias, demeanor bias, and expectancy violation bias—were examined in a judgment experiment that varied nonverbal cue availability and deception. Observers saw a complete videotaped interview (full access to visual, vo…
White-Collar Crime and Criminal Careers
Studies of the criminal career to date have focused on common criminals and street crime; criminologists have overlooked the careers of white-collar offenders. David Weisburd and Elin Waring offer here the first detailed examination of the criminal careers of people convicted of white-collar crimes. Weisburd and Waring uncover some surprising findings, which upset common wisdom about white-collar criminals. Many scholars have assumed that white-c…
Charters of Selsey Susan Kelly
Received
William Fitz Ansculf and the Abinger Motte
The well-known Norman motte at Abinger is identified as the caput of a small estate created by subinfeudation in c. 1100
Letters of Beilby Porteus and John Blair Relative to the Brafferton Estate
Content in Context Improves Deception Detection Accuracy
Past research has shown that people are only slightly better than chance at distinguishing truths from lies. Higher accuracy rates, however, are possible when contextual knowledge is used to judge the veracity of situated message content. The utility of content in context was shown in a series of experiments with students (N = 26, 45, 51, 25, 127) and experts (N = 66). Across studies, average accuracy was 75% in the content in context groups comp…
(In)accuracy at Detecting True and False Confessions and Denials
Journal Article (In)accuracy at Detecting True and False Confessions and Denials: An Initial Test of a Projected Motive Model of Veracity Judgments Get access Timothy R. Levine, Timothy R. Levine 1Department of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA 1Corresponding author: Timothy R. Levine; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rachel K. Kim, Rachel K. Kim 1Department of Communicat…
Cognitive Biases and Nonverbal Cue Availability in Detecting Deception
In potentially deceptive situations, people rely on mental shortcuts to help process information. These heuristic judgments are often biased and result in inaccurate assessments of sender veracity. Four such biases—truth bias, visual bias, demeanor bias, and expectancy violation bias—were examined in a judgment experiment that varied nonverbal cue availability and deception. Observers saw a complete videotaped interview (full access to visual, vo…
Diagnostic Utility
Journal Article Diagnostic Utility: Experimental Demonstrations and Replications of Powerful Question Effects in High-Stakes Deception Detection Get access Timothy R. Levine, Timothy R. Levine 1School of Media and Communication, Korea University, Seoul, 136-701, Republic of Korea, 1Corresponding author: Timothy R. Levine; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J. Pete Blair, J. Pete Blair 2School of Criminal Just…
Expertise in Deception Detection Involves Actively Prompting Diagnostic Information Rather Than Passive Behavioral Observation
In a proof-of-concept study, an expert obtained 100% deception-detection accuracy over 33 interviews. Tapes of the interactions were shown to N = 136 students who obtained 79.1% accuracy (Mdn = 83.3%, mode = 100%). The findings were replicated in a second experiment with 5 different experts who collectively conducted 89 interviews. The new experts were 97.8% accurate in cheating detection and 95.5% accurate at detecting who cheated. A sample of N…
William Fitz Ansculf and the Abinger Motte
The well-known Norman motte at Abinger is identified as the caput of a small estate created by subinfeudation in c. 1100
Letters of Beilby Porteus and John Blair Relative to the Brafferton Estate
William Fitz Ansculf and the Abinger Motte
The well-known Norman motte at Abinger is identified as the caput of a small estate created by subinfeudation in c. 1100
Charters of Selsey Susan Kelly
Received
White-Collar Crime and Criminal Careers
Studies of the criminal career to date have focused on common criminals and street crime; criminologists have overlooked the careers of white-collar offenders. David Weisburd and Elin Waring offer here the first detailed examination of the criminal careers of people convicted of white-collar crimes. Weisburd and Waring uncover some surprising findings, which upset common wisdom about white-collar criminals. Many scholars have assumed that white-c…
Cognitive Biases and Nonverbal Cue Availability in Detecting Deception
In potentially deceptive situations, people rely on mental shortcuts to help process information. These heuristic judgments are often biased and result in inaccurate assessments of sender veracity. Four such biases—truth bias, visual bias, demeanor bias, and expectancy violation bias—were examined in a judgment experiment that varied nonverbal cue availability and deception. Observers saw a complete videotaped interview (full access to visual, vo…
Content in Context Improves Deception Detection Accuracy
Past research has shown that people are only slightly better than chance at distinguishing truths from lies. Higher accuracy rates, however, are possible when contextual knowledge is used to judge the veracity of situated message content. The utility of content in context was shown in a series of experiments with students (N = 26, 45, 51, 25, 127) and experts (N = 66). Across studies, average accuracy was 75% in the content in context groups comp…
(In)accuracy at Detecting True and False Confessions and Denials
Journal Article (In)accuracy at Detecting True and False Confessions and Denials: An Initial Test of a Projected Motive Model of Veracity Judgments Get access Timothy R. Levine, Timothy R. Levine 1Department of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA 1Corresponding author: Timothy R. Levine; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rachel K. Kim, Rachel K. Kim 1Department of Communicat…
Expertise in Deception Detection Involves Actively Prompting Diagnostic Information Rather Than Passive Behavioral Observation
In a proof-of-concept study, an expert obtained 100% deception-detection accuracy over 33 interviews. Tapes of the interactions were shown to N = 136 students who obtained 79.1% accuracy (Mdn = 83.3%, mode = 100%). The findings were replicated in a second experiment with 5 different experts who collectively conducted 89 interviews. The new experts were 97.8% accurate in cheating detection and 95.5% accurate at detecting who cheated. A sample of N…
Diagnostic Utility
Journal Article Diagnostic Utility: Experimental Demonstrations and Replications of Powerful Question Effects in High-Stakes Deception Detection Get access Timothy R. Levine, Timothy R. Levine 1School of Media and Communication, Korea University, Seoul, 136-701, Republic of Korea, 1Corresponding author: Timothy R. Levine; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J. Pete Blair, J. Pete Blair 2School of Criminal Just…
Peek or Push
Prior to the modern era of active shooter events, the standard training for patrol officers responding to an ongoing shooting event required the responding patrol officer(s) to contain the shooter in the building where the attack was occurring, control access to the location, attempt to communicate with the shooter, and call the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. Recently, research has been undertaken to empirically examine different law en…
A scientific examination of the 21-foot rule
The purpose of this study was to scientifically assess the long-standing 21-foot rule. There are several anecdotal publications looking at the 21-foot rule as a standard in policing. This study uses experimental design to examine whether this standard should continue in modern-day policing. The 21-foot rule was tested in three independent experimental design studies. The first study measured the average speed at which a person could run 21 feet. …
How police officers are shot and killed during active shooter events
Active shooter events have driven police to change how they respond to events where an attacker is actively engaged in killing civilians. This paper examines these changes through the lenses of Normal Accident Theory (NAT) and Resilience Engineering (RE). Our results show a police officer is shot in one out of every six active shooter events in the United States. We then apply RE to better understand how these shootings occur so that police can i…
Striking or grappling? Comparing public and officers' perceptions of police use of force
Police officers use physical arrest and control techniques far more often than firearms, yet public understanding of how people judge these actions is limited, specifically regarding different styles of unarmed arrest. This study examined how civilians and law enforcement officers evaluate different types of police use of force, focusing on whether opinions change depending on the kind of technique used. Using short video clips of the same police…
Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Applied Psychology (4 works) · Deception (4 works) · Engineering (4 works)