The victims of terrorism : an assessment of their influence and growing role in policy, legislation, and the private sector / / Bruce Hoffman, Anna-Britt Kasupski.

• Superior document: Occasional paper
• Author: RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy.; Hoffman, Bruce, 1954-
• TeilnehmendeR: Kasupski, Anna-Britt.; RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy.; Rand Corporation.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Occasional paper (Rand Corporation)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (65 p.)
• Notes: "RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy."; "This work was conducted within the RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy (CTRMP)"--Pref.

Little attention and analysis have focused on terrorism victims, including survivors. This report focuses on the organized groups of families and friends that have emerged since September 11, 2001, to become a powerful voice in U.S. counterterrorist policy and legislation. These groups were remarkably successful in getting the 9/11 Commission established as well as the enactment of the commission's most important recommendations. This report documents these groups' number and diversity, their wide disparity in mission and services, in addition to the effectiveness of their strategies for achie

Table of Contents

Cover; Preface; Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - 9/11: Power in Numbers; Chapter Three - Pan Am 103: The Predecessor to 9/11; Pan Am 103: A New Voice in the United States; Lessons Learned: 9/11 and the Advent of a New Era for Victims' Groups; Oklahoma City: Victim Support Services; Chapter Four - An International Comparison:Israel, Northern Ireland, and Terrorist Spectaculars; Israel and Northern Ireland; International Terrorist Spectaculars; Chapter Five - Conclusion; Bibliography