05-15-2006, 21:25
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Psychology of Terrorism
I'm still looking through this, but thought it might be of interest to some of you. I found it on The National Criminal Justice Reference Service website.
From the introduction:
"Our task was to identify and analyze the scientific and professional social science literature pertaining to the psychological and/or behavioral dimensions of terrorist behavior (not on victimization or effects). Our objectives were to explore what questions pertaining to terrorist groups and behavior had been asked by social science researchers; to identify the main findings from that research; and attempt to distill and summarize them within a framework of operationally relevant questions." Psychology of Terrorism, Randy Borum
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/208551.pdf
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05-16-2006, 19:31
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Originally Posted by lrd
"Our task was to identify and analyze the scientific and professional social science literature pertaining to the psychological and/or behavioral dimensions of terrorist behavior (not on victimization or effects). Our objectives were to explore what questions pertaining to terrorist groups and behavior had been asked by social science researchers; to identify the main findings from that research; and attempt to distill and summarize them within a framework of operationally relevant questions." Psychology of Terrorism, Randy Borum
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I find this amusing, not the subject but the approach. Someone is paying a bunch of social scientists to analyze why a terrorist behaves badly. It sort of begs the question as to what is a terrorist and who should set the acceptable norms of killing, maiming, and manipulating folks that the beligerent sees as his/her enemy. It makes what little hair I have left protecting my brain housing group hurt. Terrorism is in the mind of the recipient, it is a tool, it is not the sole province of a "terrorist". I'm done now 
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05-16-2006, 20:04
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Originally Posted by Jack Moroney
I find this amusing, not the subject but the approach. Someone is paying a bunch of social scientists to analyze why a terrorist behaves badly. It sort of begs the question as to what is a terrorist and who should set the acceptable norms of killing, maiming, and manipulating folks that the beligerent sees as his/her enemy. It makes what little hair I have left protecting my brain housing group hurt. Terrorism is in the mind of the recipient, it is a tool, it is not the sole province of a "terrorist". I'm done now |
It was a bit wordy for a bibliography, wasn't it? 
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05-17-2006, 05:57
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I pity the young, post-grad analysts who invariably did the chug work on that- as you aptly identify it- "extended bibliography."
Maybe someone's striving to publish for tenure?
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05-17-2006, 06:30
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Terrorists are bad. Gotcha. Thanks!
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05-17-2006, 08:02
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Originally Posted by Solid
I pity the young, post-grad analysts who invariably did the chug work on that- as you aptly identify it- "extended bibliography."
Maybe someone's striving to publish for tenure?
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I hear Ward Churchill may be available. 
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05-17-2006, 08:15
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I hear Ward Churchill may be available.
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Looks that way. His school doesn't seem to have found in his favor.
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05-17-2006, 08:19
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Looks that way. His school doesn't seem to have found in his favor.
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Yeah, but given gross ethical and academic issues, only one of the five professors reviewing his work thought that he should be fired. Probably the token conservative.
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05-17-2006, 12:22
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I loathe the fact that 59 years ago some joint-smoking, finger-clicking, bongo-beating hippies sat around in a muddy tent and decided that the little devil spawn they were soon to produce would have the last name of a damn fine Prime Minister.
... Now where's that 'puking blood' smiley I've been hankering for?
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