The Search for the Terrorist Personality

Terrorists, Victims and Society: Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism and its Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-27

  Horgan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Criminology; Forensic psychology; Individual madness; Motivation; Terrorist behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948953462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713600.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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