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80 FBI L. Enforcement Bull. 24 (2011)
Violent True Believers

handle is hein.journals/fbileb80 and id is 242 raw text is: V iolent true believers (VTBs) are com- mitted, or apparently so, to an ideology or belief system that advances the killing of self and others as a legitimate means of furthering a particular goal.' They are convinced that their truth is absolute and that no acceptable alterna- tives exist.2 Violence, their method of change, will include homicide, suicide, or both. They commit such acts instrumentally, in the service of advanc- ing the cause.3 Soldiers and police officers differ from VTBs; although, perhaps, also willing to die, they behave in a lawful context.' The three principles of jus in bello-acceptable wartime conduct-include proportionality, responsibility, and discrimination and apply to soldiers and police 24 / FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Dr. Meloy is a consultant, researcher, writer, and teacher. He setves as a clinical faculty member with the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and the San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute.

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