NCJ Number
38507
Date Published
1976
Length
371 pages
Annotation
AN EXPERT ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM DISCUSSES THE NATURE OF TERROR AND TERRORISM, THE EFFECT OF THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE ON SOCIETY AND INDIVIDUALS, AND NEW APPROACHES TO END TERRORISM WITHOUT VIOLENCE.
Abstract
THIS BOOK EXPLORES TWO DISTINCT KINDS OF FEAR AROUSAL: TERRER AND TERRORISM. CLAIMING THAT THESE TWO ARE REFLECTIONS OF ONE ANOTHER, THE AUTHOR DEFINES TERROR AS THE MANUFACTURE AND SPREAD OF FEAR BY THOSE IN POWER, WHILE TERRORISM IS DEFINED AS THE MANUFACTURE AND SPREAD OF FEAR BY REBELS, REVOLUTIONARIES, AND PROTESTORS. THE CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS OF THREE TYPES OF TERRORISTS ARE EXAMINED - THE CRUSADER, THE CRIMINAL, AND THE 'CRAZIES'. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT TERRORISM CANNOT BE MET WITH ACTS OF TERROR; INSTEAD THE AUTHOR PROPOSES THAT IT BE MET WITH IMPROVED METHODS OF NEGOTIATION AND CORRECTION OF THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INJUSTICES WHICH MAY CAUSE TERRORISM.