Is terrorism a group phenomenon?

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-129

  Taylor, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Group processes; Involvement vs. events; Terrorist

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; IRELAND; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 74449093780     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2009.09.001     Document Type: Review

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