2 options
Terrorism, crime, and public policy / Brian Forst.
Loaned to Another Library HV6431 .F667 2009
By Request
Log in to request item- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forst, Brian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 495 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- The nature of terrorism
- Theories of aggression and terrorism
- A brief history of terrorism
- Two trajectories of humankind : globalization or clash?
- Religion, the state and terrorism
- Nonreligious extremism and terrorism
- Technology and terrorism
- Terrorism throughout the world
- Responses to terrorism
- Fear of terrorism
- Preventing terrorism : short-term approaches
- Preventing terrorism : long-term strategies
- Balancing security and rights to liberty and privacy
- Toward a safer and saner 21st century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-477) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521859240
- 0521859247
- 9780521676427
- 0521676428
- OCLC:
- 212908754
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.