3-day basic training course SCAN – Scientific Content Analysis (analysis of written statement), 2022
3-day basic course: 22-24 November 2022 – Ghent (exact location to be determined)
This year there will be a 2-day advanced course for those students who already followed the basic course. The advanced course will take place on 28 and 29 November 2022.
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.
Location
Ghent (exact location to be determined)
What is SCAN?
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.
Who can use SCAN?
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.
3-day basic SCAN-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).
Practical information
Deadline for registration: November 14, 2022.
Fee: The cost of the 3-day basic course amounts to € 495,00 p.p. The fee includes the workbook, lunches and coffee breaks.
Payment: after receipt of an invoice from the CPS. The fee must be paid in advance.
Cancellation free of charge is possible until November 14, 2022.
If you are unable to attend, an other person can take your place, provided you notify us at least two days before the training. If replacement or cancellation is not communicated in time, you will have to pay the full registration fee.
The course starts every day at 08.00 a.m. and ends around 4.30 p.m.
The number of participants is limited. The SCAN-course will be teached by Mr. Avinoam Sapir himself and is an intensive training with a lot of practical exercises.
The course language is English. A good practical understanding of English is sufficient
