In today's climate, these is a powerful need for a balanced, expert and accessible account of the psychology of terrorists and terrorism.
Written by an expert team of psychologists and psychiatrists, these contributors have direct experience of working with terrorists, victims and those tasked with the enormous responsibility of attempting to combat terrorism.
The first section focuses on terrorists as individuals and as groups and provides a balanced and objective insight into the psychology of terrorists; what their motivations are and what keeps them involved in...
In today's climate, these is a powerful need for a balanced, expert and accessible account of the psychology of terrorists and terrorism.
This book places offender profiling within a more realistic, balanced context. Initial chapters introduce a theoretical, empirical basis for the approach, and are followed by chapters illustrating the pros and cons of its use in an applied, operational setting. It presents two ba sic ideas: that offender profiling is not an end in itself, but is pur ely an instrument for steering an investigation in a particular direct ion, and that the process of developing a profile depends on a combina tion of investigative experience together with objective findings from behavioral science research.
This book places offender profiling within a more realistic, balanced context. Initial chapters introduce a theoretical, empirical basis for the appro...
