Trying to understand behavioral responses to terrorism: Personal civil liberties, environmental hazards, and U.S. resident reactions to the September 11, 2001 attacks

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-176

  Greenberg, Michael ^a   Craighill, Peyton ^b   Greenberg, Alexandra ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pew Research Center for the People and the Press   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil liberties; Environmental hazards; Heuristics; Mental models; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444294306     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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