Details the growth, roles, and applications of this new specialty aiming to protect American national and public well-being in the face of increasing and novel threats both inside and outside the United States.

• Explains operational psychologists’ roles in preventing and acting against terrorism, intelligence and counterintelligence, propaganda efforts, and Influence Operations

• Details operational psychologists’ roles in undercover domestic investigations such as internet crimes against children and the Safeguard program to reduce the impact of exposure to violent crimes

• Addresses the controversy around operational psychologists assisting civilian and military interrogations