Psychology of terrorism
By: edited by Bruce Bongar ... [et al.].
Contributors: Bongar, Bruce Michael.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780195172492
Subjects: Terrorism -- Psychological aspects; Disasters -- Psychological aspects; Victims of terrorism -- Mental health; Terrorism -- psychology; Stress, Psychological -- therapy; Survivors -- psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The psychology of terrorism: defining the need and describing the goals / Bruce Bongar; title: Mind control in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: fictional concepts become operational realities in Jim Jones's jungle experiment / Philip G. Zimbardo; title: Psychological issues in understanding terrorism and the response to terrorism / Clark McCauley; title: The need for proficient mental health professionals in the study of terrorism / Larry E. Beutler ... [et al.]; title: War versus justice in response to terrorist attack: competing frames and their implications / Clark McCauley; title: The staircase to terrorism: a psychological exploration / Fathali M. Moghaddam; title: Terrorism and the media / Joel N. Shurkin; title: What is terrorism?: key elements and history / Scott Gerwehr and Kirk Hubbard; title: Suicide terrorism / Ariel Merari; title: The strategy of terrorism and the psychology of mass-mediated fear / James N. Breckenridge and Philip G. Zimbardo; title: The role of religion, spirituality and faith-based community in coping with acts of terrorism / Timothy Kelly; title: Psychological consequences of actual or threatened CBRNE terrorism / Glenn R. Sullivan and Bruce Bongar; title: Psychological weapons of mass disruption through vicarious classical conditioning / Dennis D. Embry; title: Near- and long-term psychological effects of exposure to terrorist attacks / Susan E. Brandon and Andrew P. Silke; title: The response of relief organizations to terrorist attacks: an overview of how the Red Cross and other relief organizations work in conjunction with other agencies / John A. Clizbe and Susan Hamilton; title: Understanding how organizational bias influenced first responders at the World Trade Center / Joseph W. Pfeifer; title: Warfare, terrorism, and psychology / L. Morgan Banks and Larry C. James; title: Terrorism stress risk assessment and management / Douglas Paton and John. M. Violanti; title: Evidence-based interventions for survivors of terrorism / Josef I. Ruzek, Shira Maguen, and Brett T. Litz; title: Neurobiological and behavioral consequences of terrorism; distinguishing normal from pathological responses, risk profiling, and optimizing resilience / Rachel Yehuda ... [et al.]; title: Older adults and terrorism / Lisa M. Brown, Donna Cohen, and Joy R. Kohlmaier; title: Children and terrorism: a family psychoeducational approach / Maureen Underwood, John Kalafat, and Nicci Spinazolla; title: Cultural considerations: caring for cultural diverse communities in the aftermath of terrorist; title: Attacks / David Chiriboga; title: The psychological consequences of terrorist alerts / Rose McDermott and Philip G. Zimbardo; title: Defusing terrorism of terror / A. J. W. Taylor; title: Psychological resilience in the face of terrorism / Lisa D. Butler, Leslie A. Morland, Gregory A. Leskin; title: Promoting resilience and recovery in first responders / Richard Gist; title: Promoting resilience and recovery in first responders / Dori B. Reissman, Stephan G. Reissman, and Brian W. Flynn; title: Reflections on the psychology of terrorism / Laura Pratchett, Lisa M. Brown, and Bruce Bongar.