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Anne Speckhard

Anne Speckhard is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University 's Medical School in Washington D.C. as well as an author for 7 books (as of 2018) where she is known to interact with the terrorists themselves to get their point of view of the event. Anne has consulted almost 500 terrorists as well as their family and friends. She created the psychological challenge from the Detainee Rehabilitation Program located in Iraq as well as running the Breaking the ISIS Brand Counternarratives Project. It has been devoted to more than 20,000 detainees and 800 juveniles. She has spoken at seminars, conferences, exhibitions, and conventions about her travels and conversations with the terrorists.

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Interviewing terrorists

How to find them

Depending on where Anne is in the world, she can find terrorists or soon to be terrorists in multiple places. It's all based on trust according to Speckhard. If she speaks to a soon to be gunman or bomber, she does not want the mind set of whether or not to turn them in. Not having that information also allows them to tell her as much as they wish without being anxious of being caught. She has found people who are organizers of bombings as well as terrorists in prisons.

How to convince them to speak

In line with Anne Speckhard's words, as long as you are trustworthy, people will talk. She normally speaks to communities. Not all individuals may be terrorists but once you start with one person, more come a long. Soon you will find your target. It can sometimes take her years to get enough or worthwhile information from the person.

Why do they become terrorists

Interviews with families and friends of terrorists have spoken out about why they believe this individual became one. Most have specified personal reasons such as trying to belong, torture, sexual harassment, insecurities, violence, and gender or cultural discrimination. Most of the time these factors all come together to create a reason for the person to turn violent.

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Female terrorists

Speckhard states that terrorism is essentially a male dominated field with females making up no more than thirty percent of terrorist groups, often less. Females are usually prevented from holding from combat roles and leadership positions. According to The University of Oregon, the spread of feminism in the minds of the people has in some ways created more thought that women can be terrorists as well. Although it has enabled more thought on this action, the standards are still not equal in that sense.

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Bibliography

• Bride of Isis (2015)
• Talking to Terrorists (2012)
• Warrior Princess (2013)
• Fetal Abduction (2012)
• Undercover Jihadi (2014)
• Timothy Tottle's Terrific Crocodiles (2015)
• Timothy Tottle's Terrific Dream (2014)