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oapen-20.500.12657-530132023-07-05T12:30:00Z Victims of Political Violence and Terrorism McGowan, William Aftermath of violence Critical incidents Political Terrorism Political Violence Resilience Resilience of Survivors Security Policy Survivors of Terrorism Terrorism Victimology Victims of Political Terrorism Victims of Political Violence Victims of Terrorism bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKV Crime & criminology This book examines the survivors of political violence and terrorism, considering both how they have responded and how they have been responded to following critical incidents. As this work demonstrates, survivors of comparatively rare and spectacular violence hold a mirror up to society’s normative assumptions around trauma, recovery and resilience. Drawing on two years of observational field research with a British NGO who works with victims and former perpetrators of PVT, this book explores contested notions of ‘resilience’ and what it might mean for those negotiating the aftermaths of violence. Examining knowledge about resilience from a multitude of sources, including security policy, media, academic literature and the survivors themselves, this book contends that in order to make empirical sense of resilience we must reckon with both its discursive and practical manifestations. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, victimology, criminal justice and all those interested in the stories of survivors. 2022-02-18T16:57:23Z 2022-02-18T16:57:23Z 2022 book ONIX_20220218_9781000564549_14 9781000564549 9780367722470 9781003154020 9780367722463 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53013 eng Victims, Culture and Society application/pdf n/a 9781000564549.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003154020 10.4324/9781003154020 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb Liverpool John Moores University 9781000564549 9780367722470 9781003154020 9780367722463 Routledge 296 open access
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This book examines the survivors of political violence and terrorism, considering both how they have responded and how they have been responded to following critical incidents. As this work demonstrates, survivors of comparatively rare and spectacular violence hold a mirror up to society’s normative assumptions around trauma, recovery and resilience. Drawing on two years of observational field research with a British NGO who works with victims and former perpetrators of PVT, this book explores contested notions of ‘resilience’ and what it might mean for those negotiating the aftermaths of violence. Examining knowledge about resilience from a multitude of sources, including security policy, media, academic literature and the survivors themselves, this book contends that in order to make empirical sense of resilience we must reckon with both its discursive and practical manifestations. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, victimology, criminal justice and all those interested in the stories of survivors.
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