Jeff Victoroff

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry University of Southern California. In September 2005 Victoroff's affiliation was listed as 'NATO Public Diplomacy Division'.

NATO propagandist

At the behest of the NATO, in September of 2005, a select group of world authorities on the psychology of terrorism met in the mountain village of Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy. The participants in this meeting included experts in psychology, psychiatry, political science, public policy, international law, criminology and political philosophy. Our charge was nothing less than to brainstorm toward a comprehensive statement of the real causes of terrorism, and to attempt to craft a meaningful plan by which NATO and all concerned nations may reduce that threat... We asked, and NATO's Security Through Science Programme generously granted our request. They supported our extraordinary Advanced Research Workshop on Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism. These Proceedings are the result.

Affiliations

• Director, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism
• Principal Investigator, Psychological Correlates of Aggression among Children of the Intifada (Gaza)
• Member, U.N. Roster of Terrorism Experts
• Member, Organizing Committee, Madrid Summit on Terrorism (organised by the Club de Madrid)

Publications

• Jeff Victoroff, “The Mind of the Terrorist: A Review and Critique of Psychological Approaches,” Journal of Conflict Resolution 49, No.1 (February 2005).
• Tangled Roots: Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism, By Jeffrey Ivan Victoroff, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Psychology and Terrorism, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy, 14-17 September 2005. Published 2006 IOS Press