Terrorism and Torture : An Interdisciplinary Perspective (Hardcover)

Preface; 1. The terrorism-torture link: when evil begets evil Werner G. K. Stritzke and Stephan Lewandowsky; 2. Torture, terrorism, and the moral prohibition on killing non-combatants Alex J. Bellamy; 3. The equivalent logic of torture and terrorism: the legal regulation of moral monstrosity Ben Saul; 4. War versus criminal justice in response to terrorism: the losing logic of torture Clark McCauley; 5. Reducing the opportunities for terrorism: applying the principles of situational crime prevention Ronald V. Clarke and Graeme R. Newman; 6. From the terrorists' point of view: toward a better understanding of the staircase to terrorism Fathali M. Moghaddam; 7. If they're not crazy, then what? The implications of social psychological approaches to terrorism for conflict management Winnifred R. Louis; 8. The cycle of righteous destruction: a Terror Management Theory perspective on terrorist and counter-terrorist violence Tom Pyszczynski, Zachary Rothschild, Matt Motyl and Abdolhossein Abdollahi; 9. Misinformation and the 'War on Terror': when memory turns fiction into fact Stephan Lewandowsky, Werner G. K. Stritzke, Klaus Oberauer and Michael Morales; 10. Icons of fear: terrorism, torture, and the media John Tulloch; 11. What explains torture coverage during war-time? A search for realistic answers Doris Graber and Gregory Holyk; 12. Reversed negatives: how the news media respond to 'our' atrocities Rodney Tiffen; 13. Terrorism and TV news coverage of the 2001 Australian election David Denemark; 14. Terrorism, anxiety, and war Leonie Huddy, Stanley Feldman and Erin Cassese; 15. I'm right, you're dead: speculations about the roots of fanaticism Carmen Lawrence; 16. Reducing terrorist risk: integrating jurisdictional and opportunity approaches Joseph Clare and Frank Morgan.