Understanding terrorism :; analysis of sociological and psychological aspects

Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2007. Hardcover. Near mint; mostly sealed in original shrinkwrap.. Large white octavo; xv, 325 p, illus ; 25 cm. Contents: Foreword / Recep Gultekin -- Introduction: Sociological and psychological aspects of terrorism / Suleyman Ozeren and Ismail Dincer Gunes -- Formation of the concept of terrorism / Erkan Sezgin -- Theory of prism: individual capital and frustration / Ismail Dincer Gunes and Suleyman Ozeren -- Terrorism as suicidal homicide: a Durkheimian approach / Mahmoud Sadri -- Fundamentalism as a universal mindset - case study of religious fundamentalism: Turkish Hizbullah / Oguzhan Basibuyuk, Onder Karakus, and Huseyin Akdogan -- Terrorism as a social reality / Tamara Kiknadze -- The impact of group dynamics on terrorist decision making / Murat Ozer -- Terrorism in the post-September 11 era: continuities and changes / E. Fuat Keyman -- Characteristics of global terrorism / Huseyin Ors and Hakan Cem Cetin -- Does inequality trigger terrorism? / Mustafa Kayaoglu -- The poverty, inequality and terrorism relationship: an empirical analysis of some root causes of terrorism / Mutlu Koseli -- Democracy, terrorism, and Islamist movements: comparing Hamas, Hizbullah, and the Islamic Action Front / Curtis R. Ryan -- Social causes of terrorism in the Arab society / Diab M. Al-Badayneh -- Terrorism and migration in Turkey between 1992 and 1995 / Yilmaz Simsek -- The recruitment process of terrorist organizations: a case study of Devrimci Halkin Kurtulus Partisi Cephesi (DHKP/C) Revolutionary People's Liberation Party Front / Samih Teymur ... [et al.] -- Women engagement in terrorism: what motivates females to join in terrorist organizations? / Kubra Gultekin -- Amnesty as counterterrorism policy: an evaluation of the Turkish amnesty law of 2003 / Zeliha Ozdogan and Ali Ozdogan -- Historical perspectives on the role of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in the United States in domestic intelligence operations relating to national security / Phillip D. Schertzing -- Adaptation of community policing in Arab and Muslim communities in response to terrorism / Murat Gozubenli and Halil Akbas -- Evaluation of the PATRIOT Act: section 215 / Ahmet Celik and Fatih Vursavas -- The senior British judiciary and the "war on terror": "not ready to make nice" / Anthony Bradney -- Rethinking the "liberty-security balance" in difficult times: some notes on the Turkish experience / Zuhtu Arslan -- The emerging threat of cyberterrorism / Jeffrey F. Addicott -- Terrorists and the Internet / Ashlee Woods -- Communication methods in terrorist organizations: a case study of Al-Queda connected terrorism in Turkey / Ilker Pekgozlu, Habib Ozdemir, and Ertan Ercikti -- Osama bin Laden audiotape and its effect on the US newspapers / Yusuf Yuksel -- Creating a data archive to facilitate research on understanding and responding to terrorism / Christopher D. Maxwell and Steven Chermak -- Public access to government information as a basic human right: Turkish national police digital repository / Fatih Oguz and Izzet Lofca. || Terrorism; Psychology.