ACIA - From being an Intelligence Analysis to Academia: What can we learn from Daniel Schwartz?

Episode: 0025

Title:  From being an Intelligence Analysis to Academia: What can we learn from Daniel Schwartz?

Release Date:  9th of August 2022

Podcast Writer: Paige Keningale 

Theme Song: Wolf Moon- Unicorn Heads. 

Voice overs: Dr Susanne Knabe-nicol aka the Police Science Dr

Podcast Email: [email protected] 

Podcast Webpage: https://www.acia.org.uk/Podcasts ,  https://www.leapodcasts.com/ 

Podcast Social Media: Twitter: ACIA_org,  LinkedIn: Association of Crime and Intelligence Analysts (UK). 

Bio:

Daniel M. Schwartz is a Program Coordinator and Professor at Humber College's Protection, Security & Investigation program where he teaches courses in Intelligence Analysis, Crime Analysis, Risk Management, and Global Crime & Security.

Prior to joining Humber College in 2014, Daniel was an Intelligence Analyst for 11.5 years with Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario (CISO), where he conducted operational and strategic intelligence analyses on organized crime and was the lead analyst for CISO’s annual Provincial Threat Assessment.

Daniel has also consulted on several projects for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Daniel holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Toronto and has published multiple articles and book chapters in the areas of environmental security, terrorism, organized crime, and analytical methodologies.

Daniel’s latest publication is a textbook on crime and intelligence analysis aimed at students of these disciplines as well as newly hired crime and intelligence analysts in Canada: Daniel M. Schwartz and Ian Williams, Crime & Intelligence Analysis in Canada: An Introduction. Toronto: Emond Montgomery Press, 2022. This textbook can be explored and purchased here: https://emond.ca/Store/Books/Crime-and-Intelligence-Analysis-in-Canada-An-Intr 

Currently, Daniel is engaged in a data analysis research project on environmental criminology with a major Canadian municipal police force as well as a cybersecurity-related research project with multiple Canadian academic institutions and mainstream media.