Victims and Perpetrators of Terrorism

Orla Lynch is Director of Postgraduate Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland, a fellow with Hedayah, Abu Dhabi, and co-author of The Psychological Processes of Terrorism (2018).

This project seeks to understand how former perpetrators and victims of terrorism can work in preventing violence in a number of contexts.

Preface 1. Introduction: Victims and perpetrators of terrorism, Orla Lynch and Javier Argomaniz 2. Memory, truth and justice: Understanding the experience of victims of terrorism and political violence. The cases of the United Kingdom and Spain, Agata Serranò, Orla Lynch, Javier Argomaniz and Cheryl Lawther 3. In the aftermath of terrorism: the structural challenges for incorporating victims' voices, Anne-Marie Balbi 4. Not ideal victims but real victims: modes of response among survivors and families of victims of terrorism in Italy, 1969-1980, Susanna Vezzadini 5. Pressing for stability? The media, victims of terrorism and political violence in Northern Ireland, Peter Kelly 6. Meeting the needs of victims? Policing the past in Northern Ireland through the work of the Historical Enquiries Team, Annabelle De Heus 7. Victimology in Northern Ireland: Young loyalists and their search for identity, Cathrin Ruppe 8. Trust, engagement and disengagement: The role of trust in understanding the trajectory of political violence, John Morrison 9. Reintegrating radicals: A Strengths based approach to 'deradicalisation', Sarah Marsden 10. Doing Deradicalisation: A Profile of the Mentoring System and Providers in the UK, Doug Weeks 11. "Nobody has ever asked me these questions": Engaging restoratively with politically motivated prisoners in Northern Ireland, Tim Chapman