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Featured image for Countering Adaptive Organized Crime, showing a systems-based public safety strategy with intelligence, anticipation, feedback loops, network interdependence, and resilience.

Countering Adaptive Organized Crime: A Strategic Guide for Public Safety Leaders

July 1, 2026
Sergio Senna Pires

Adaptive organized crime requires leaders to move beyond wiping ice and target the patterns that let criminal systems learn and…

Critical analysis of the 93 percent myth in nonverbal communication showing the 7-38-55 rule, facial expression, tone of voice, and scientific debate.

93 percent myth: does non-verbal communication represent 93%?

June 30, 2026
Sergio Senna Pires

Is the 93 percent myth scientific truth or repetition without context? Examine Mehrabian’s study and the danger of careless generalization.

Violence as a System infographic showing the Tetrahedron Model of Criminal Organizations and its implications for legislative architecture

Violence as a System: Rethinking Legislative Response in Complex Environments

May 1, 2026
Sergio Senna Pires

More enforcement does not guarantee more control. Discover why legislative architecture must address violence as a complex adaptive system.