Table of Contents

Preface
1. Putting the Past in its Place. issues of victim-hood and reconciliation in the Northern Ireland peace process
2. The Importance of Place. disaggregating the Troubles
3. A Special Kind of Victim. sectarian killing
4. The Young as Victims
5. Experiencing the Troubles
6. Severe Experience and Extreme Impact of the Troubles
7. The Troubles. The Experiences of Young People
Conclusions; Justice, Truth and Closure
Appendix 1: Constructing a database on sectarian assassination
Appendix 2: Background to the Northern Ireland Survey
Appendix 3: The Cost of the Troubles Study Questionnaire
Appendix 4: The YouthQuest 2000 Questionnaire

About the Author

Marie Smyth is based at the University of Ulster. Mike Morrissey was Senior Researcher on The Cost of the Troubles Study and is the Director of the Urban Institute, University of Ulster. Together they have coauthored Northern Ireland's Troubles: The Human Costs and Personal Accounts from Northern Ireland's Troubles: Public Conflict, Private Loss, both available from Pluto Press.

Reviews

'A grisly but scrupulous sociology of suffering which helps to explain why the peace process is racked with hostilities'
*Tribune*

'A timely and insightful overview of the challenges to constructing a peaceful civil society in Northern Ireland'
*Irish Political Studies*