CONTENTS Preface Executive Summary: Mindsets of Mass Destruction New Types of Post-Cold War Terrorists - New Forms of Terrorist-Threat Scenarios Introduction Terms of Analysis Defining Terrorism and Terrorists - Terrorist Group Typologies Approaches to Terrorism Analysis The Multicausal Approach - The Political Approach - The Organizational Approach - The Physiological Approach - The Psychological Approach General Hypotheses of Terrorism Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis - Negative Identity Hypothesis - Narcissistic Rage Hypothesis The Psychology of the Terrorist Terrorist Motivation - The Process of Joining a Terrorist Group - The Terrorist as Mentally Ill -The Terrorist as Suicidal Fanatic - Fanatics - Suicide Terrorists - Terrorist Group Dynamics - Pressures to Conform - Pressures to Commit Acts of Violence - Terrorist Rationalization of Violence - The Terrorist's Ideological or Religious Perception Terrorist Profiling Hazards of Terrorist Profiling - Sociological Characteristics of Terrorists in the Cold War Period - Characteristics of Female Terrorists - Female Motivation for Terrorism Conclusion Terrorist Profiling - Terrorist Group Mindset Profiling - Promoting Terrorist Group Schisms - How Guerrilla and Terrorist Groups End Appendix - Sociopsychological Profiles: Case Studies Exemplars of International Terrorism in the Early 1970s - Exemplars of International Terrorism in the Early 1990s - Ethnic Separatist Groups - Social Revolutionary Groups - Religious Fundamentalist Groups Tables Educational Level and Occupational Background of Right-Wing Terrorists in West Germany, 1980 - Ideological Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984 - Prior Occupational Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984 - Geographical Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984 - Age and Relationships Profile of Italian Female Terrorists, January 1970-June 1984 - Patterns of Weapons Use by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November, 1975-97 Glossary Bibliography | The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism by Federal Federal Research Division, Paperback | Indigo Chapters