Terrorism, crime, and public policy / Brian Forst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forst, Brian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 495 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Terrorism, Crime, & Public Policy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Terrorism, Crime, and Public Policy describes the problem of terrorism; compares it to other forms of aggression, particularly crime and war; and discusses policy options for dealing with the terrorism. It focuses on the causes of terrorism with the aim of understanding its roots and providing insights toward policies that will serve to prevent it. The book serves as a single-source reference on terrorism and as a platform for more in-depth study, with a set of discussion questions at the end of each chapter. Individual chapters focus on the nature of terrorism, theories of aggression and terrorism, the history of terrorism, the role of religion, non-religious extremism and terrorism, the role of technology, terrorism throughout the modern world, responses to terrorism, fear of terrorism, short-term approaches and long-term strategies for preventing terrorism, balancing security and rights to liberty and privacy, and pathways to a safer and saner 21st century.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Credits; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE The Nature of Terrorism; TWO Theories of Aggression and Terrorism; THREE A Brief History of Terrorism; FOUR Two Trajectories of Humankind: Globalization or Clash?; FIVE Religion, the State, and Terrorism; SIX Nonreligious Extremism and Terrorism; Technology and Terrorism; EIGHT Terrorism throughout the World; NINE Responses to Terrorism; TEN Fear of Terrorism; ELEVEN Preventing Terrorism: Short-Term Approaches; TWELVE Preventing Terrorism: Long-Term Strategies

THIRTEEN Balancing Security and Rights to Liberty and PrivacyFOURTEEN Toward a Safer and Saner Twenty-First Century; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-477) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19637-X

0-511-73669-X

0-511-64611-9

9786612390562

1-282-39056-2

0-511-81631-6

0-511-65020-5

0-511-45458-9

0-511-56885-1

0-511-45561-5

OCLC:

558388186