This paper reviews the prevalence of psychological morbidities in children who have been exposed to war-related traumas or terrorism as well as the diversity of war-related casualties and their associated psychological responses. The psychological responses to war-related stressors are categorized as (1) little or no reaction, (2) acute emotional and…

The paper thus only deals with one partial aspect of the current usage of the term security sector reform, namely its relation to economic and social development, and in particular to its attraction for organisations involved in development policy. It is also limited in other ways. For instance, it does…

The improvements in the French capacity to fight terrorism are the result of hard-won lessons. France has a long history with terrorism that dates from the coining of the word during the French revolution. Since that time, France has always been on the ‘bleeding edge’ of terrorism, confronting terrorism in…

Builds on the findings of the first and second papers. It examines specifically how campaigns with different purposes (individual behavior change and policy change) have been evaluated, and how evaluators have tackled some of the associated evaluation challenges that the first three papers raised as important to address. It features…

At a time when education is receiving so much national attention, the Coalition for Community Schools is pleased to share the findings of Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools. Making the Difference demonstrates that community schools are an important solution to the task at hand — improving…

Founded by former child soldiers from Monrovia following the Liberian civil war, The Initiative for the Development of Former Child Soldiers (IDEFOCS) is a grassroots civil society organisation dedicated to the prevention of the re-recruitment of children in war, and aims to offer former child soldiers unable to return to…

Seeded in 2003, Elays Network takes pride of its unique direction as a youth organisation run for and by young people. One of the driving forces behind Elays was to improve the media’s negative image of Somali people in the United Kingdom. Currently Elays is working with Youth Offending Team…

The purpose of this book is to outline the issues and challenges for education and its relation to terrorism and security and propose a number of ways in which education can be utilized to counter violent extremism through the lens of human security. The first of the essays outlines the…

The present study examined attitudes and reactions of individuals towards media coverage of terrorist acts. Shortly after a series of severe terrorist attacks had taken place in Israel, 534 people were asked to fill out a questionnaire that assessed their attitudes and reactions to the media’s coverage of these acts…

Information technology (IT) is essential to virtually all of the nation’s critical infrastructures making them vulnerable by a terrorist attack on their IT system. An attack could be on the system itself or use the IT system to launch or exacerbate another type of attack. IT can also be used…

In today’s climate, these is a powerful need for a balanced, expert and accessible account of the psychology of terrorists and terrorism. Written by an expert team of psychologists and psychiatrists, these contributors have direct experience of working with terrorists, victims and those tasked with the enormous responsibility of attempting…

Extremists, such as hate groups espousing racial supremacy or separation, have established an online presence. A content analysis of 157 extremist web sites selected through purposive sampling was conducted using two raters per site. The sample represented a variety of extremist groups and included both organized groups and sites maintained…