This book traces the ideological innovations that ISIS deploys to recruit unprecedented numbers of Westerners, the composition of its snuff videos, and the technological tools it exploits on social media to broadcast its atrocities, and its recruiting pitch to the world, including its success at attracting thousands of Western adherents. The authors examine ISISs predatory abuse of women and...

Introduction -- The parent-child attachment relationship -- Family context of attachment relationships -- Neurobiology and genetics -- Peer victimization and partner violence -- Child sexual abuse -- Special populations -- Final thoughtsThe author proposes in this book that an increased risk for abusive behavior or revictimization, as a function of ones own experiences of abuse or trauma in...

This thesis describes the results of research into the mental competence of children in clinical practice The aim is to develop a standardized method for assessing mental competence in children and the establishment of appropriate age to consider children mentally competent with regard to medical decisions.

A gas explosion in Ghislenghien (Belgium, July 2004) instantly killed five firefighters, one police officer and 18 civilians. Moreover, 132 people were wounded and many of them suffered severe burn injuries. This book aims at clarifying the impact of a technological disaster, both phenomenologically and empirically. It also wishes to enhance the understanding of the challenges for psychological...