1st Edition
Evolutionary Psychology and Terrorism
1. Introduction: What has evolution got to do with terrorism?, Max Taylor, Jason Roach and Ken Pease 2. Evolutionary Psychology, Terrorism and Terrorist Behaviour, Max Taylor 3. Evolutionary psychological influences on the contemporary causes of terrorist events, Paul Ekblom, Aiden Sidebottom and Richard Wortley 4. Terrorism - lessons from natural and human co-evolutionary arms races, Paul Ekblom 5. Why Terrorism Terrifies Us, Jordan Kiper and Richard Sosis 6. Terrorism as an Act-in-Context: A Contextual Behavioral Science Account, Akihiko Masuda, Matthew Donati, L. Ward Schaefer, and Mary L. Hill 7. Terrorism as Altruism: An Evolutionary Model For Understanding Terrorist Psychology, Rick O’Gorman and Andrew Silke 8. Terrorism’s Footprint of Fear, Jason Roach, Ken Pease, and Charlotte Sanson
Biography
Max Taylor was until retirement Professor in International Relations at the University of St Andrews and Director of CSTPV (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence). He is currently Visiting Professor at the Department of Security and Crime Sciences, UCL, London, and is Editor of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence.
Jason Roach is Reader in Crime and Policing and the Director of the Crime and Policing Group, at the University of Huddersfield.
Ken Pease is a forensic psychologist, former Professor of Criminology at Manchester University and Acting Head of the Home Office Police Research Group.
