International Perspectives on Terrorist Victimisation An Interdisciplinary Approach

While 9/11 led to a mushrooming of academic and media output on terrorism, attention has often centred on the perpetrators of violence and their supporters, whereas analysis of the victims and survivors of attacks has been comparatively neglected. This collection aims to redress this balance. Bringing together experts from a wide variety of disciplines including Psychology, Law, Public Health and International Relations, the volume provides an extensive examination of terrorist victimisation.

Adopting a holistic approach to victimisation, this collection focuses not only on the psychological impact of victimisation but also critically engages with issues such as the social construction of the term, the public needs that derive from the status of victim of terrorism, the legal debates that surround the state's response to victimhood and the neglect of victims of counter-terrorism and state terror. The different contributions construct a comprehensive picture of how individual and public experiences of victimisation are constructed and how they are shaped by existing dynamics of violence either from sub-national terrorism or controversial counter-terror responses.

Enhancing our understanding of the phenomenon of terrorist victimisation, this volume will be a valuable resource to scholars in Politics, Criminology, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism.

Javier Argomaniz is a Lecturer at the School of International Relations, St Andrews University, UK. He has undertaken research at a variety of international projects in the areas of European Studies, Criminology and Political Violence and has published widely on international cooperation in counter-terrorism and terrorist victimisation.

Orla Lynch is Director of Teaching and Lecturer in Terrorism Studies at St Andrews University, UK. Her research examines issues of victimisation and terrorism in relation to the direct victims of violence, the psychosocial impact of victimisation, the notion of a perpetrator-victim complex and the impact of counter terrorism measures on the UK and Ireland's Muslim youth communities.

Preface
1. Introduction; Javier Argomaniz, Orla Lynch
PART I: VICTIMS EXPERIENCES
2. Victims of Terrorism: Distinctive and Diverse Experiences; Robert Lambert
3. Victims of ETA in the Basque Country: Their Experience of Terrorist Threats; Javier Martin-Peña, Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira, Ana Varela-Rey, Jordi Escartín and Omar Saldaña
4. Victims and Perpetrators: A Clinician's Account of Ex-child Soldiers and the Child Development Process in Sri Lanka; Carmel Joyce, Orla Lynch and Angela Veale
PART II: SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS
5. Compensation and Financial Redress for Victims of Terrorism; Clive Walker
6. State Responses to Victims of Terrorism Needs in Spain; Javier Argomaniz
7. How can the Experience of a Terrorist attack inform Public Health Priorities? Some Lessons from the London 7/7 Bombings; Naomi Wilson, Patricia d'Ardenne, Chris R. Brewin and Mike Catchpole
PART III: VICTIMS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM AND STATE TERROR
8. Suspicion, Exclusion and Othering since 9/11: the Victimisation of Muslim Youth; Orla Lynch
9. Drone Attacks and Suicide Bombings: Reflections on Pakistan's Victims; Muqarrab Akbar
10. Targeted Policing of Muslim Communities and Its Unintended Consequences: A Case Study of the NYPD's Post-9/11 Counterterrorism Programme; Tara Lai Quinlan