The victims of terrorism : an assessment of their influence and growing role in policy, legislation, and the private sector

The victims of terrorism : an assessment of their influence and growing role in policy, legislation, and the private sector / Bruce Hoffman, Anna-Britt Kasupski.

Organized groups of victims' families and friends have emerged since September 11, 2001, to become a powerful voice in U.S. counterterrorist policy and legislation. These groups were remarkably successful in getting the 9/11 Commission established and in getting the commission's most impor...

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Main Author: Hoffman, Bruce, 1954-
Other Authors: Kasupski, Anna-Britt
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy, 2007.
Series:Occasional paper (Rand Corporation)
Subjects:
1988-2001
Victims of terrorism > Psychology.
Terrorism victims' families.
Terrorism victims' families > Political activity > United States.
Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988.
Terrorism > Psychological aspects.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
LAW > Civil Law.
Terrorism > Psychological aspects
Terrorism victims' families
Victims of terrorism > Psychology
United States
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Summary:Organized groups of victims' families and friends have emerged since September 11, 2001, to become a powerful voice in U.S. counterterrorist policy and legislation. These groups were remarkably successful in getting the 9/11 Commission established and in getting the commission's most important recommendations enacted. This report documents these groups and compares them to groups formed in response to other terrorist attacks.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 48 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-48).
ISBN:9780833044389
0833044389
1281430307
9781281430304
9786611430306
661143030X
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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