The Faces of Terrorism

Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Herausgegeben von Canter, David

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Produktbeschreibung

Edited by one of the world's foremost forensic psychology experts, this book brings together an international, multi-disciplinary team to explore the different facets of terrorism and investigate what it means to be a terrorist and what terrorism means for society. Public interest in terrorism has increased massively in the wake of 9/11, and this volume examines how terrorists view the world, reviews how terrorist acts are conceptualized by the public and by national leaders, and suggests strategies for reducing and preventing terrorism.

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An international, multi-disciplinary team explores the many different facets of terrorism, investigating what it means to be a terrorist and what terrorism means for society.

Gets closer to the perspectives of terrorists - their views, how their acts are conceptualized by the public and by national leaders, and how this knowledge can be put to use

Brings together international experts from psychology, psychiatry, law and policing

Edited by one of the world's foremost forensic psychology experts, David Canter

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14575381000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780470753811
• ISBN-10: 0470753811
• Artikelnr.: 26620167

Autorenporträt

David Canter is Professor of Psychology and Director of the International Research Centre for Investigative Psychology at the University of Huddersfield, and founding editor of the Wiley Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. He has worked with police forces all over the world on 'profiling', which led to the emergence of Investigative Psychology. This has included unique studies of terrorists. Since 1986, Professor Canter has contributed to over 150 investigations of many different kinds of crimes around the world, and was recently awarded a BPS Honorary Fellowship. He has also written two award-winning books, Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer (1995) and Mapping Murder: The Secrets of Geographical Profiling (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors. Preface. 1. The Multi-Faceted Nature of Terrorism: An
Introduction (David Canter). 2. From Naïvety to Insurgency: Becoming a
Paramilitary in Northern Ireland (Neil Ferguson and Mark Burgess). 3. The
Rhetorical Foundation of Militant Jihad (Sudhanshu Sarangi and David
Canter). 4. Case Study: The Puzzling Case (from a Western Perspective of
Lone Terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi (Clive Williams). 5. The Primacy of
Grievance as a Structural Cause Of Oppositional Political Terrorism:
Comparing Al Fatah, FARC, and PIRA (Jeffrey Ian Ross). 6. Case Study: The
17th November Group - Europe's Last Revolutionary Terrorists (George
Kassimeris). 7. Terrorism and Organized Crime: A Theoretical Perspective
(Dipak K. Gupta, John Horgan and Alex P. Schmid). 8. Terrorist Networks and
Small Group Psychology (Sam Mullins). 9. Case Study: Youth Gangs and
Terrorism in Chechnya: Recruitment, Activities and Networks (Michael
Vishnevetsky). 10. The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend (Kevin Borgeson and
Robin Valeri). 11. The Business of Kidnap for Ransom (Everard Phillips).
12. Case Study: Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya: Authoritarian leadership in the
Caucasus (John Russell). 13. From 7/7 to 8/10: Media Framing of Terrorist
Incidents in the United States and United Kingdom (Mary Brinson and Michael
Stohl). 14. Cyberterrorism: The Emerging Worldwide Threat (Amanda M. Sharp
Parker). 15. Disengaging from Terrorism (John Horgan). 16.
De-radicalization and the Staircase from Terrorism (Fathali M. Moghaddam).
Index.