One of the most efficient countermeasures towards deception is awareness and knowledge that in fact deception is being performed. Hence, if the general level of knowledge within the main population of Sweden would be higher, it would probably hamper the effects of a deception operation if the population anticipated it. In order to counter deception, awareness that one could be encountered to deception and analyze the incoming information accordingly is a major protection. Furthermore in combination with mental awareness the counterdeception actions need to be managed from a central Swedish national level and well-coordinated between authorities within the governmental structures. This is in order to fully cover the wide spectra of channels of information that probably will be used within deception operations toward Sweden. The primary objective within a deception plan is to manipulate a human mind, not the technical sensors or systems.  Therefor the reasonable best way of counteract deception should lie within preparing the human mind. But paradoxological, the more aware one´s mind is regarding deception, the more one´s mind will discover deception.

Känslomässiga krav innebär att individer förväntas kontrollera sina känslor och agera lämpligt för sin yrkesroll. Studiens syfte var att undersöka sambandet mellan upplevda känslomässiga krav och stress samt skillnader mellan män och kvinnor inom polisen. Kvantitativ data samlades in genom enkäter med 112 poliser. Syftet undersöktes genom att mäta dimensionerna känslomässiga krav, krav på att dölja känslor och stress baserat på mätinstrumentet COPSOQ. Analysen genomfördes med en multipel regressionsanalys och två modererande hierarkiska multipla regressionsanalyser. Resultaten visade att känslomässiga krav har ett signifikant samband med stress, men inget signifikant samband mellan krav på att dölja känslor och stress hittades. Ingen signifikant skillnad i upplevelsen av känslomässiga krav samt krav på att dölja känslor i relation till stress observerades mellan män och kvinnor. Studien bidrar till förståelsen av hur arbetsrelaterade känslomässiga krav kan länkas till stress och understryker vikten att motverka känslomässiga krav för att minska stress inom polisyrket. / Emotional demands involve an expectation for individuals to control theiremotions and act appropriately for their professional role. This study aimed toinvestigate the relationship between perceived emotional demands and stress, as well asdifferences between male and female police officers. Quantitative data was collectedthrough surveys with 112 police officers. The aim was examined by measuring thedimensions of emotional demands, demands for hiding emotions, and stress based onthe COPSOQ instrument. The analysis was conducted using multiple regressionanalysis and two moderating hierarchical multiple regression analyses. The resultsshowed that emotional demands have a significant relationship with stress, but nosignificant relationship was found between demands for hiding emotions and stress. Nosignificant difference in the experience of emotional demands and demands for hidingemotions in relation to stress was observed between men and women. The studycontributes to the understanding of how work-related emotional demands can be linkedto stress and emphasizes the importance of counteracting emotional demands to reducestress within the police profession.