Investigating Terrorism: Current Political, Legal and Psychological Issues

Investigating Terrorism takes a look behind the closeddoors of terrorist cases. Major players from the world ofcounter-terrorism, including politicians, lawyers, psychologistsand police, offer analyses of recent terror attacks and share theirknowledge of terrorist behaviour

• Deals with legal, psychological and practical issuessurrounding how to deal with a real life ‘ticking bomb’scenario
• Provides an insight into the most recent police model forinterviewing witnesses, victims and suspects
• Contains the latest analyses of recent terrorist attacksincluding the recent Norwegian tragedy carried out by terroristAnders Breivik
• Contains the views of major players in the world ofcounter-terrorism, including Lord Carlile, the former HMG’sIndependent Reviewer of Terrorist legislation, and Peter Clarke,the recently retired Head of Terrorist Investigations for theUK

• Incorporates recently-released findings from studiescommissioned by New Scotland Yard to study the effectiveness ofpolice interviews with terrorist suspects

• Includes chapters discussing the context in which people becomesuicide bombers

Keywords: Forensic Psychology, Terrorists, Mumbai attack, Anders Breivik, suicide bombers, forensic psychology, terrorist behaviour, Peter Clarke, Lord Carlile, Terroist prisoners, applied psychology