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Kumar Updesh

Countering terrorism : Psychosocial strategies - New Delhi Sage Publications 2012 - 444p xv

Table of contents
Foreword - V K Saraswat ;
Preface;
I: UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM: PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES;
Terrorism: A Conceptual Framework - Ishtiaq Ahmad ;
Terrorism: Psychological Issues - Abdolhossein Abdollahi ;
Sociocultural Aspects of Terrorism - Updesh Kumar, Swati Mukherjee, and Vijay Parkash ;
The Sociopsychological Impact of Terrorism: Key Concepts, Research and Theory - Mark Dechesne ;
The Behavioral Profile of a Terrorist: Theoretical and Empirical Observations - Daniel Antonius, Mandi L White-Ajmani, and Joseph Charap;
Understanding Terrorist Groups - Sam Mullins ;
The Leadership Puzzle in Terrorism Study - Dipak K Gupta ;
Bioterrorism: Psychological Implications of Biological Weapons Agents and Mass Contagion - Darvis Frazier, Harrison Weinstein, and Bruce Bongar;
The Role of the Media in Propagating Terrorism - Gabriel Weimann ;
II: COUNTERING TERRORISM: PSYCHOSOCIAL AVENUES;
Terrorist Motives: A Reassessment of the Conventional Wisdom - Max Abrahms;
Rational Choice and Terrorist Target Selection - Graeme R Newman and Henda Y. Hsu ;
Impact of Virtual World in Creation and Sustenance of Terrorists Brigadier - Dushyant Singh ;
Risk Assessment in Counterterrorism - Victoria Herrington and Karl Roberts ;
Strategic Interrogation: Interviewing Terrorist Suspects - Karl Roberts ;
Educating People to Counterterrorism: 'Cognitive Immunization' against Violent Extremism in Indonesia - Kumar Ramakrishna ;
How Policies Impacting Intergroup Relations May Escalate or De-escalate Political Aggression - Jeff Victoroff, Janice R Adelman, and Marija Spanovic;
The Role of Strategic Information Operations in Countering Terrorism - Jerrold M Post and Apostolos Pittas;
Psychospiritual Basis of Understanding, Prevention and Control of Violence and Terrorism - Akbar Husain;
Index

ISBN: 9788132109594

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Terrorism - Prevention 2. Terrorism - Psychological Aspects

Dewey Class. No.: 363.325000 / KUM