Terrorist and Victim - Psychiatric and Physiological Approaches From a Social Science Perspective

• NCJ Number: 99066
• Journal: Terrorism Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Dated: (1985) Pages: 1-32
• Author(s): K L Oots; T C Wiegele
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 32 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This paper reviews physiological and psychiatric approaches to the study of terrorism from a social science perspective.

Abstract

First the paper reviews psychiatric studies of terrorism. Next, a physiological approach is used to develop an individual-level model of terrorist contagion. The effects of terrorism on its immediate victims are considered next, followed by a discussion of the possibility of panic among the general public resulting from terrorist acts. Finally, the policy and theoretical considerations raised by the physiological and psychiatric approaches are discussed. (Author abstract)