The role of group processes in terrorism

Crime and Crime Reduction: The Importance of Group Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 99-117

  Wilson, Margaret A ^a   Bradford, Emma ^a   Lemanski, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203097694     Document Type: Chapter

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