Terrorism: An Action Plan

Andrew Silke

Terrorism: An Action Plan

Andrew Silke

Department of Law and Criminology

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Abstract

I compiled this article back in July, several weeks before the horrific events of 11 September. So it was somewhat surprising that even in the wake of the most destructive terrorist attacks in history I found that the fundamentals remained unchanged and the message and advice psychology offered, in my eyes at least, remained the same. What did emerge after the 11th was a powerful and urgent need for answers and understanding. In the days that followed, two questions were put to me time and time again: Why do people commit acts of terrorism? How can it be stopped?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	580-581
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Psychologist
Volume	14
Issue number	11
Publication status	Published - 2001

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

terrorism
counterterrorism
terrorist psychology
psychology of terrorism
9/11

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