CONTENTS:- Concept of Victimisation; Understanding Stress; Effect of Captivity; Stockholm Syndrome; Victims of Rape; Coping Victimisation; Negotiating Release of Hostages: Role of Behaviourists; Research on Victims of Terrorism; Preparing for the Future; Role of Media in Ameliorating or Exacerbating a Crisis;
DESCRIPTION
The book deals perspectively and compassionately with very old problem in a very new context: human response to human cruelty. The author's concern in the book is mainly with a small but important, poignant an dneglected sector-the victims of terrorism and how we can help them. It is intended to seek ways to understand the experience, to ameliorate the suffering, and when possible, to prevent it.
