Justice after September 11th

September 11th through Conspiracists’ Eyes

In an influential analysis of the Pearl Harbor attack, published 40 years ago, Roberta Wohlstetter made her well-known distinction between “signal” and “noise” in the evaluation of intelligence. The signal, which conveys information about an enemy action or intention, may be lost, obscured, or distorted by noise in the form of disinformation, rumors, hoaxes, and a variety of other useless or mi...

public diplomacy reidentification in u.s foreign diplomacy after september 11th

public diplomacy as a means for describing new aspects of international diplomacy which has become an issue for debate since 1960 has been assumed as a part of diplomacy evolution chain in different time periods. on the other hand, america should be considered as among numerable great power which has benefited from diplomacy since the beginning and it has always committed to modern and innovati...

Perceptions of Procedural and Distributive Justice in the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund

Psychological resilience after disaster: New York City in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack.

Research on adult reactions to potentially traumatic events has focused almost exclusively on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although there has been relatively little research on the absence of trauma symptoms, the available evidence suggests that resilience following such events may be more prevalent than previously believed. This study examined the prevalence of resilience, defined as ...

Compassion fatigue among chaplains, clergy, and other respondents after September 11th.

The September 11th terrorist attacks reminded us of how vulnerable we are to horrifying events and how widespread the effects can be. It also reminded of us how important faith is in difficult times for most Americans. The New England Journal of Medicine reported that 90% of Americans turned to religion as a coping response to the terrorist attacks on September 11th (Schuster et al., 2001). Thi...