David Crighton is Professor of Forensic Psychology at Durham University, UK. He was previously Acting Chief/Deputy Chief Psychologist at the Ministry of Justice, UK.
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Contents Series foreword Preface Chapter 1 Aggression and Violence Violence Focussing on physical force and physical injury Violence and aggression Elements of violence What violence is not The importance of good definition Summary and conclusions Chapter 2 Defining political violence Terrorism, insurgency, guerrilla war and hybrid war Legal definitions of terrorism Problems with legal definitions of terrorism Who should define terrorism? Other approaches to definition Summary and conclusions Chapter 3 State violence and terrorism Long term tensions in the idea of the state Misunderstanding the state The future of the state International law and state terrorism State terrorism and state violence Difficulties identifying state terrorism Possible impacts of human rights on state violence Summary and conclusions Chapter 4 Responses to politically motivated violence - the UK example Politically motivated violence and political accountability Some legislative milestones Current UK policy responses Criticisms of UK policy Summary and conclusions Chapter 5 Psychological profiling A brief history Current practice in psychological profiling Developments in profiling The accuracy of profiling Applying profiling to politically motivated violence Profiling behaviour in politically motivated hostage incidents Evaluation Summary and conclusions Chapter 6 Risk, ambiguity, uncertainty and intractability Key concepts Risk assessment Current practice in risk assessment Cargo cult science Going back to basics Improving practice Ecological rationality and better decision making Keeping things simple Using heuristics to cope with politically motivated violence Summary and conclusions Concluding thoughts Index
Contents Series foreword Preface Chapter 1 Aggression and Violence Violence Focussing on physical force and physical injury Violence and aggression Elements of violence What violence is not The importance of good definition Summary and conclusions Chapter 2 Defining political violence Terrorism, insurgency, guerrilla war and hybrid war Legal definitions of terrorism Problems with legal definitions of terrorism Who should define terrorism? Other approaches to definition Summary and conclusions Chapter 3 State violence and terrorism Long term tensions in the idea of the state Misunderstanding the state The future of the state International law and state terrorism State terrorism and state violence Difficulties identifying state terrorism Possible impacts of human rights on state violence Summary and conclusions Chapter 4 Responses to politically motivated violence - the UK example Politically motivated violence and political accountability Some legislative milestones Current UK policy responses Criticisms of UK policy Summary and conclusions Chapter 5 Psychological profiling A brief history Current practice in psychological profiling Developments in profiling The accuracy of profiling Applying profiling to politically motivated violence Profiling behaviour in politically motivated hostage incidents Evaluation Summary and conclusions Chapter 6 Risk, ambiguity, uncertainty and intractability Key concepts Risk assessment Current practice in risk assessment Cargo cult science Going back to basics Improving practice Ecological rationality and better decision making Keeping things simple Using heuristics to cope with politically motivated violence Summary and conclusions Concluding thoughts Index
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