Professor Max Taylor, Professor of International Relations
Prior to his appointment as the Director of the newly established E-Learning programme at the University of St Andrews, he was Head of Department of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, 1983 - 2005.
His Principal Research Interests include; Terrorism and Political Violence, Internet Crime and Crime Prevention and Behavioural Criminology.
His publications include:
The Future of Terrorism (with John Horgan), 2000,
Terrorist Lives (with Ethel Quayle), 1994,
The Fanatics: A Behavioural approach to political violence, 1991
The Terrorist, 1988.
Bibliography
Dissident Irish Republicanism. Currie, M. and Taylor, M. Continuum Press, June 2011
New Labour, Defence and the ‘War on Terror’. Taylor, M. In Gaskarth, J. and Daddow, O. In British Foreign Policy: The New Labour Years, Palgrave McMillan, 2011
Is Terrorism a Group Phenomenon? Taylor, M. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 15 (2010), 121-129
Financial Intelligence: A price worth paying? Parker, M. and Taylor, M. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 33, (2010), 949-959
Violent Radical Content and the Relationship between Ideology and Behaviour: Do Counter-Narratives Matter?
Taylor, M. & Ramsay, G. In National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremist Narratives. The Hague, Netherlands, Jan 2010 (http://english.nctb.nl/current_topics/reports/)
Somalia and the Horn of Africa. In A.P. Schmid and G.F. Hindle After the War on Terror: Regional and Multilateral Perspectives on Counter-Terrorism Strategy. RUSI Books, London. 2009
Criminogenic qualities of the Internet in the collection and distribution of abuse images of children. Taylor, M. and Quayle, E. In J. McCarthy, E. Quayle, S. Aylwin and F. Lyddy. Applying Psychology: A feitschrift for Dr Elizabeth A. Dunne. Irish Journal of Psychology, 2008, 29, 119-130
Mad, Bad or Freedom Fighters: The new challenges of terrorism. In Sharpe, M. (Ed) Suicide Bombers: The Psychological, Religious and Other Imperatives. NATO Science for Peace Programme. IOS Press, Amsterdam. 2008
Hassan al-Turabi, Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda in Sudan. Taylor, M. and Elbushra, M. Terrorism and Political Violence, 2006, 18, 449-464
A Conceptual Framework for Addressing Psychological Process In The Development of The Terrorist. Taylor, M. and Horgan, J. Terrorism and Political Violence, 2006, 18, 585-601
Max Taylor and John Horgan, "Insurgency in Ireland: A preliminary analysis of the Provisional IRA ceasefire - 1994-1996", in Albrecht Schnabel and Rohan Gunaratna, Understanding and Managing Insurgent Movements, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International, 2006, pp. 124-152.
The Internet and abuse images of children; search, precriminal situations and opportunity. Taylor, M. and Quayle, E. In Wortley, R. and Smallbone, S. (Eds) ‘Situational perspectives of Sexual Offences against Children’ Crime Prevention Studies Series (jointly published by Criminal Justice Press (US) and Willan Publishing (UK). 2006
Young people who sexually abuse: the role of the new technologies. Quayle, E. & Taylor, M. In M. Erooga and H. Masson (Eds) Children and Young People who Sexually Abuse Others. London: Routledge, 2006