Special Report: Personal Transformations. Moving from Violence to Peace

Abstract

Behavioral scientists have devoted considerable attention to religious extremism and the psychological factors that contribute to an individual's propensity toward violence. However, relatively little data are available on those who abandon extremism and become proponents of conciliation and peace. Dr. Renee Garfinkel offers a number of tentative conclusions about individuals she has interviewed who have made this transition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472142

Entities

People

  • Renee Garfinkel

Organizations

  • United States Institute of Peace

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adolescents
  • Christianity
  • Civil Rights
  • Civil War
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • History
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Religion
  • Societies
  • Terrorists
  • United States

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Theoretical Analysis.