Death Threats and Violence

Morewitz, Stephen J.

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“…The latter was a direct method to segregate Black Americans from the White population and impose racial discrimination resulting in a still oppressed, second class people. Moreover, the rise of White supremacy groups such as the Klu Klux Klan instilled the threat of death and terror upon African Americans who “dared” to exercise their civil liberties (Morewitz, 2008). The TMT perspective accounts for such prejudiced behavior as it predicts dominant groups would seek to suppress African American culture out of sense of fear of the “other” or to assert their own cultural superiority and self-righteousness.…”

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African American Health and Posttraumatic Slave Syndrome: A Terror Management Theory Account

Halloran

2018

Journal of Black Studies

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The aim of this article is to explicate a terror management theory (TMT) analysis of the poor social and psychological well-being of African Americans by drawing upon a model of cultural trauma to explain the antecedents and effects of posttraumatic slave syndrome. Cultural trauma is defined as a state that occurs when a people's cultural worldview has been destabilized to the point where it does not effectively meet its TMT function of providing a buffer against basic anxiety and uncertainty. The article outlines how the impact of slavery was a significant trauma to African American people, which was carried forward through successive generations; providing an explanation of their current anxiety-related conditions, poor health, and maladaptive behaviors. Findings from health and justice research and qualitative data from narratives of African Americans are presented to substantiate the adaptation of a model of cultural trauma for understanding the contemporary situation of African Americans.

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African American Health and Posttraumatic Slave Syndrome: A Terror Management Theory Account

Halloran

2018

Journal of Black Studies

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“…The terrorist group can threat to kill the targets, to intimidate or to coerce them, turning this targets into threatened collectives (Martin-Peña, Rodríguez-Carballeira, Escartín, Porrúa, & Winkel, 2010;Nijdam et al, 2010). In this sense, Morewitz (2008) argued how terrorist groups make death threats and other behaviours of intimidation to service them to achieve their goals.…”

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Living under threat: psychosocial effects on victims of terrorism

Martín-Peña

Andrés

Ramos-Villagrasa

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Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression

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The fact of being under terrorist threats, such as death threats or intimidations, has psychosocial effects and impacts on victim's psychosocial functioning. However, little attention has been paid to the study of threatened people through an evidence-based research. This study analyses quantitatively the experience of threatened people within a context of terrorism. Specifically, we want to gain insight into victims' perceptions of their threatening situation, through participants who were under threat by the Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) (Basque Homeland and Freedom) terrorist group in the Basque Country, Spain. Through a crosssectional study and Principal component analysis, 87 victims of the ETA terrorist group in the Basque Country were surveyed, during the period of violence. The findings suggested six main psychosocial effects on threatened individuals, comprising issues such as (1) Thought processes and risk perception; (2) Emotional reactions; (3) Circles of vulnerability; (4) Suspicion/distrust; (5) Social interactions and (6) Safety and freedom of movement. In addition, victim's perception of control was negatively related to the psychosocial effects, in factors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. The article discusses and shows implications of the power of threats, along with their effects, as a psychosocial coercion instrument. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Sociological Testimony in Employment- and Education-Related Litigation

Morewitz

2013

Handbook of Forensic Sociology and Psychology

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Death Threats and Violence

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African American Health and Posttraumatic Slave Syndrome: A Terror Management Theory Account

African American Health and Posttraumatic Slave Syndrome: A Terror Management Theory Account

Living under threat: psychosocial effects on victims of terrorism

Sociological Testimony in Employment- and Education-Related Litigation

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