An international, multi-disciplinary team explores the many different facets of terrorism, investigating what it means to be a terrorist and what terrorism means for society.
* Gets closer to the perspectives of terrorists - their views, how their acts are conceptualized by the public and by national leaders, and how this knowledge can be put to use
* Brings together international experts from psychology, psychiatry, law and policing under the guidance of one of the world's foremost forensic psychology experts in David Canter
* Public interest in terrorism has increased massively in the wake of 9/11, while academic interest has led to the development of new MSc programmes in terrorism studies