Psychiatric Contributions to the Understanding of International Terrorism
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
- Vol. 31 (2) , 153-161
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624x8703100208
Abstract
A summary of the psychodynamics and personality types of terrorists is presented. The Stockholm syndrome is discussed in the context of survival identification and the issue of hostage negotiation is addressed. The differentiation of the emotional aspects of terrorists is presented in the context of different authors' opinions.Keywords
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